Individual Characteristics of Adolescent Methamphetamine Users in Relation to Self-Reported Trouble with the Police

Autor/inn/en	Gassman, Ruth; Nowicke, Carole E.; Jun, Mi Kung
Titel	Individual Characteristics of Adolescent Methamphetamine Users in Relation to Self-Reported Trouble with the Police
Quelle	In: Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 54 (2010) 1, S.76-92 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-1482
Schlagwörter	Individual Characteristics; Elementary Secondary Education; Drug Use; Grade 6; Puerto Ricans; Surveys; Adolescents; Law Enforcement; Factor Analysis; Prevention; Intervention; Race; Instructional Program Divisions; Attendance; After School Programs; Identification; Health Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gesetzesvollzug; Faktorenanalyse; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Rasse; Abstammung; Anwesenheit; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung
Abstract	Survey responses by nonexperimental drug users in grades 6-12 were examined to determine whether MA users and nonusers with shared individual characteristics experience differential rates of police trouble, and whether specific factors place some users at greater risk than others. Findings showed that police trouble is pronounced for MA users, regardless of the number of drugs used, grade level, self-identification as African, Mexican, Puerto Rican or Other Latin American, number of days absent from school, and reported participation in after-school and organized family activities. These same factors were associated with police trouble in both MA and nonMA drug users, however, more so for MA drug users. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10