Predictors of Tobacco and Alcohol Refusal Efficacy for Urban and Rural African-American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Nasim, Aashir; Belgrave, Faye Z.; Corona, Rosalie; Townsend, Tiffany G.
Titel	Predictors of Tobacco and Alcohol Refusal Efficacy for Urban and Rural African-American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 18 (2009) 3, S.221-242 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Smoking; At Risk Persons; Adolescents; Regression (Statistics); Family Influence; Peer Influence; Drinking; Resistance (Psychology); African Americans; Urban Areas; Rural Areas; Prediction; Predictor Variables; Individual Characteristics; Environmental Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Risikogruppe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Trinken; Resistenz; Afroamerikaner; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Vorhersage; Prädiktor; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss
Abstract	This study sought to determine the relative contributions of individual, family, peer, and community risk and promotive factors in explaining alcohol and tobacco refusal attitudes among 227 African-American adolescents (ages 12 to 17) from urban and rural areas. Hierarchical linear regression (HLR) results revealed differences in the predictive value of risk and promotive factors with respect to tobacco and alcohol refusal attitudes. Specifically, individual and peer risk factors were predictive of tobacco refusal attitudes among youths. Individual, peer, and family risk and promotive factors were predictive of adolescents' alcohol refusal attitudes. Community factors were not significant predictors of youths' ability to refuse tobacco and alcohol, after controlling for more proximal influences. Future research should consider other psychosocial influences within an ecological framework that may account for additional variance in substance use attitudes among African-American adolescents. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10