Latent Patterns of Risk Behavior in Urban African-American Middle School Students in Baltimore City

Autor/inn/en	Hedden, Sarra L.; Whitaker, Damiya E.; von Thomsen, Sarah; Severtson, S. Geoffrey; Latimer, William W.
Titel	Latent Patterns of Risk Behavior in Urban African-American Middle School Students in Baltimore City
Quelle	In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 20 (2011) 1, S.34-47 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Drug Use; Drinking; Adolescents; Probability; Risk; African Americans; Middle School Students; Urban Areas; Marijuana; Smoking; Behavior Problems; Adults; Health Behavior; Age Differences; Parent Child Relationship; Neighborhoods; Correlation; Therapy; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Risiko; Afroamerikaner; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rauchen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Korrelation; Therapie
Abstract	Students who engage in high-risk behaviors, including early initiation of sexual intercourse, alcohol use, marijuana use, tobacco use, and externalizing behavior are vulnerable to a broad range of adverse outcomes as adults. Latent class analysis was used to determine whether varying patterns of risk behavior existed for 212 urban African-American students from Baltimore public schools who were recruited as part of a study for the prevention of drug use. A two-class model was estimated. The proportion of the sample bearing a high probability of each of the five risk behaviors was 10.7%; in comparison, the proportion of students with a low probability of the risk behaviors was 89.3%. Controlling for other variables, older age and parental drug or alcohol use was associated with being in the high-risk class, whereas neighborhood was not predictive of latent class. Results from this study may be used to target early adolescents with co-occurring risk behaviors for prevention and treatment. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10