Substance Use as a Robust Correlate of School Outcome Measures for Ethnically Diverse Adolescents of Asian/Pacific Islander Ancestry

Autor/inn/en	Hishinuma, Earl S.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Chang, Janice Y.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Choi-Misailidis, Soo Jean; Andrade, Naleen N.
Titel	Substance Use as a Robust Correlate of School Outcome Measures for Ethnically Diverse Adolescents of Asian/Pacific Islander Ancestry
Quelle	In: School Psychology Quarterly, 21 (2006) 3, S.286-322 (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-3830
DOI	10.1521/scpq.2006.21.3.286
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Correlation; Outcomes of Education; Ethnicity; Adolescents; Predictor Variables; Prevention; Intervention; School Psychologists; Regression (Statistics); Measures (Individuals); Student Diversity; Psychological Patterns; Demography; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Grade Point Average; Attendance Patterns; Suspension; Student Behavior; High School Students; Pacific Islanders; Asian Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Korrelation; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ethnizität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Prädiktor; Prävention; Vorbeugung; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Messdaten; Demografie; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausschluss; Schulausschluss; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA
Abstract	School psychologists are generally not provided with the knowledge and skills to address both educational and psychosocial issues of Asian American and Pacific Islander students. The present study is the first of its kind in examining 36 independent (i.e., demographic, social, cultural, psychological) variables in association with four school outcomes (i.e., grade point average, absences, suspensions, and school infractions) with a large sample of Caucasian, Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Japanese, mixed/non-Hawaiian, and "other" Hawai'i high school students (N = 2,833). Given the relatively unique sample in question and the sheer number of variables, an exploratory approach was utilized with the goal of determining the most robust independent variables, with the unique inclusion of Hawaiian cultural identification. A cross-validation technique was used, whereby stepwise regressions were performed for each of two cross-validation samples; only common variables were retained in a final stepwise model for each of the four school outcomes. The results indicated that, remarkably, substance use accounted for the most variance (i.e., 8.4% - 16.1%) in the four school measures. Further analyses detailed the relationship, including the finding that smoking cigarettes regularly, accounted for the most variance compared to the other five substance use items. Further research and implications of the findings are discussed, including the need for prevention and intervention programs that incorporate substance use as a component, both within and outside of school environments. (Author).
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