1. The Association of Group Self-Identification and Adolescent Drug Use in Three Samples Varying in Risk
- Author
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Sussman, Steve, Simon, Thomas R., Stacy, Alan W., Dent, Clyde W., Ritt, Anamara, Kipke, Michele D., Montgomery, Susanne B., Burton, Dee, and Flay, Brian R.
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Drugs and youth -- Social aspects ,Peer pressure in adolescence -- Research ,Psychology and mental health ,Sociology and social work - Abstract
This study provides a cross-sectional analysis of the relations between group self-identification and adolescent drug use in 3 samples of youth: comprehensive high-school, continuation high-school, and runaway/street youth. Youth identified with discrete groups in all 3 samples, and similar general groups were formed. In most comparisons, a high-risk group showed greater levels of drug use than did other groups. This is the first study to demonstrate that group self-identification (a) is a generalizable construct across different types of adolescent samples, (b) is related to use of drugs other than tobacco, and (c) remains a significant correlate of drug use controlling for its relations with demographic variables and several other psychosocial variables.
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- 1999