Activity Spaces and Urban Adolescent Substance Use and Emotional Health

Autor/inn/en	Mason, Michael J.; Korpela, Kalevi
Titel	Activity Spaces and Urban Adolescent Substance Use and Emotional Health
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 32 (2009) 4, S.925-939 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.08.004
Schlagwörter	Emotional Problems; Substance Abuse; Mental Health; Drug Use; Adolescents; Multivariate Analysis; Urban Areas; Drug Rehabilitation; Interviews; Risk; Safety; Gender Differences; Anxiety; Educational Environment; Friendship; Therapy; Self Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Psychohygiene; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Multivariate Analyse; Urban area; Stadtregion; Drogentherapie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Risiko; Sicherheit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Angst; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Freundschaft; Therapie; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	This study analyzed routine locations (activity spaces) of urban adolescents enrolled in a substance abuse treatment program to understand the relationship between their spatial lives and health outcomes such as substance use and mental health. Sixty-eight adolescents were interviewed and produced a list of 199 locations identified as most important, safe, and risky. A TwoStep Cluster analysis resulted in two mutually exclusive groups of adolescents (n = 58). Clusterwise importance analyses showed that sex, distress, anxiety, emotional problems, and drug use significantly distinguish clusters from each other. An important finding was that activity spaces vary according to the frequency of substance use and the amount of emotional problems. School was frequently perceived as a risky place--followed by friend's house and nature--for those who used alcohol and marijuana more frequently and had more emotional distress. The intersection between environment, emotion regulation, and health outcomes is discussed. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10