Perceived Discrimination and Substance Use among Latino Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Okamoto, Janet; Ritt-Olson, Anamara; Soto, Daniel; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Unger, Jennifer B.
Titel	Perceived Discrimination and Substance Use among Latino Adolescents
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 33 (2009) 6, S.718-727 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-3244
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Marijuana; Prevention; Drinking; Inhalants; Adolescents; Grade 9; High School Students; Substance Abuse; Social Discrimination; Racial Discrimination; Student Attitudes; Drug Abuse; Alcohol Abuse; Intervention; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation
Abstract	Objective: To examine perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino high school students. Methods: Latino 9th graders (N=1332) completed self-report measures of perceived discrimination and substance use behavior. Results: Perceived discrimination was associated with lifetime use measures of smoking (OR=1.73, P less than 0.01), alcohol (OR=1.53, P less than 0.01), marijuana (OR=1.70, P less than 0.01), and inhalants (OR=1.50, P less than 0.05); and past 30 day measures of smoking (OR=2.54, P less than 0.01), alcohol (OR=1.63, P less than 0.01), marijuana (OR=1.95, P less than 0.01), and inhalants (OR=1.64, P less than 0.01), and binge drinking (OR=1.84, P less than 0.01). Conclusions: Latino adolescents who have higher perceptions of discrimination are at risk for substance use. Interventions to help Latino adolescent scope with feelings of discrimination may be a useful addition to substance use prevention programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10