Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence / Edition 1

by William A. Vega, Andres G. Gil

Overview

This book presents new and important information about adolescent drug use. The book is intended for human service professionals, teachers, researchers, and students interested in the issue of early adolescent drug use and its causes and pervasiveness in a multiethnic population. Today, the field of adolescent drug use research relies on integrative models that permit competing explanations of drug use. This approach promotes flexibility in testing hypotheses pertinent to adol- cents of very different social and cultural backgrounds or personal characteristics. Longitudinal studies, including the one presented in these pages, have identified many risk and protective factors or processes that are linked to adolescent drug use. We review these throughout this book and present new information from our own research. Our point of departure is to extend and elaborate descriptive research and models of adolescent drug research to cover the unique and diverse experiences of adolescents who are Hispanic, African American, and White non-Hispanic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306457371
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/1998
Series:	Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Different Worlds.- Context and Design of the Study.- Substance Use and Other Social Deviance.- Pathways to Drug Use.- Are Girls Different? A Developmental Perspective on Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Substance Use among Adolescents.- Cultural Adjustment and Hispanic Adolescent Drug Use.- Developmental Patterns of African American Adolescent Drug Use.- Prevention Implications and Conclusions.

Editorial Reviews

Presents a study of key risk factors identified with drug use among Hispanic, African American, and White non-Hispanic adolescents, expanding on current models of drug research to account for the unique experiences of these groups. The model underlying the research draws components from three theoretical models: self-derogation/self-esteem, acculturation stress, and perceptions of racial and cultural discrimination and prejudice. Findings provide insights into the sociology and psychology of the adolescent drug abuser, and underscore the importance of culture, neighborhood, and social strata in understanding life course drug use and behavior. For researchers, counselors, therapists, and teachers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"The authors...make significant contributions to understanding the complexity of teenage drug use, especially in recognizing the weakness of theories of deviance and pathology...The book includes an excellent and comprehensive bibliography."
Choice, October 1998

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