Ethnic Identity, Neighborhood Risk, and Adolescent Drug and Sex Attitudes and Refusal Efficacy: The Urban African American Girls' Experience

Autor/inn/en	Corneille, Maya A.; Belgrave, Faye Z.
Titel	Ethnic Identity, Neighborhood Risk, and Adolescent Drug and Sex Attitudes and Refusal Efficacy: The Urban African American Girls' Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Drug Education, 37 (2007) 2, S.177-190 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2379
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Prevention; Narcotics; Neighborhoods; Drug Education; Drug Use; Ethnicity; Sexuality; Place of Residence; At Risk Persons; Females; Drug Abuse; Attitude Measures; Resistance (Psychology); Correlation; African Americans; Urban Areas; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Narcotic; Betäubungsmittel; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Drogenarbeit; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Ethnizität; Sexualität; Wohnort; Risikogruppe; Weibliches Geschlecht; Resistenz; Korrelation; Afroamerikaner; Urban area; Stadtregion; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	This study examined the impact of ethnic identity and neighborhood risk on drug and sex attitudes and refusal efficacy among early adolescent urban African American females (n = 175). The model also predicted a moderating relationship of ethnic identity on neighborhood risk for drug and sex attitudes and refusal efficacy. Data were collected as part of a larger drug education program and analyzed via hierarchical multiple regression. The analyses controlled for household structure and menarche. Results indicated a direct relationship of higher ethnic identity and higher sexual refusal efficacy, higher disapproval of drug use, and lowered intentions to use drugs. Neighborhood risk was directly related to lower disapproval of drug use. There was a small moderating effect of ethnic identity on neighborhood risk for intention to use drugs. Findings provide support for prevention programs for African American youth that seek to reduce risk behaviors by increasing ethnic identity, particularly in low resource communities. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10