The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Drug Users and Religion on Drug Use in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Jang, Sung Joon; Johnson, Byron R.
Titel	The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Drug Users and Religion on Drug Use in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 43 (2011) 4, S.1220-1245 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X10393483
Schlagwörter	Religion; Drug Use; Children; Adolescents; Young Adults; Peer Influence; Predictor Variables; Parent Child Relationship; Attribution Theory; Correlation; Hypothesis Testing; Structural Equation Models; Risk + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Prädiktor; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Korrelation; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Risiko
Abstract	Previous research finds drug-using peers and religiosity to be key predictors of drug use among youth, but the effects of childhood exposure to drug users and religion on later drug use have been understudied. The authors hypothesize a child's exposure to parental drug use and religious upbringing have a causal influence on drug use in youth primarily through drug-using peer association and religiosity during adolescence and young adulthood. To test this hypothesis, the authors analyze nationally representative three-wave panel data spanning ages 6 to 22. Results from estimating a structural equation model provide empirical support for the hypothesis, as the causal influence was found to be indirect via the proximate predictors of drug use among youths; that is, childhood risk and protective factors were positively associated with their adolescent and young adulthood counterparts, which in turn had a causal effect on drug use by youth. (Contains 2 figures, 2 tables, and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10