The Effects of Family Structure on African American Adolescents' Marijuana Use

Autor/inn/en	Mandara, Jelani; Rogers, Sheba Y.; Zinbarg, Richard E.
Titel	The Effects of Family Structure on African American Adolescents' Marijuana Use
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 73 (2011) 3, S.557-569 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00832.x
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Marijuana; Prevention; Risk; Adolescents; Family Structure; Gender Differences; Models; Poverty; Neighborhoods; Fathers; Parent Child Relationship; One Parent Family + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risiko; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Geschlechterkonflikt; Analogiemodell; Armut; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie
Abstract	The relationship between family structure and marijuana use throughout adolescence was assessed among 1,069 African Americans from the NLSY. A model was also tested suggesting that the effects of family structure on marijuana use would be mediated by poverty, neighborhood quality, and adolescents' self-control. As most prior studies have found, family structure was not related to female adolescents' marijuana use. For young men, being raised with both biological parents was associated with less marijuana use throughout adolescence compared to those whose mothers never married, divorced early and never remarried, or divorced and remarried. Some support for the model was also found. We concluded that being raised without the presence of a biological father is a risk factor for marijuana use among young men, but African American young women from single-parent households have unique resources that protect them from marijuana use. Understanding those resources may offer insight into prevention programs for other youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10