Predicting Substance Use Behavior among South African Adolescents: The Role of Leisure Experiences across Time

Autor/inn/en	Sharp, Erin Hiley; Coffman, Donna L.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Smith, Edward A.; Wegner, Lisa; Vergnani, Tania; Mathews, Catherine
Titel	Predicting Substance Use Behavior among South African Adolescents: The Role of Leisure Experiences across Time
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35 (2011) 4, S.343-351 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025411404494
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Marijuana; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Data Analysis; Prediction; Data Collection; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Behavior; Leisure Time; Leisure Education; Student Behavior; Intervention; Alcohol Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Auswertung; Vorhersage; Data capture; Datensammlung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Freizeit; Freizeitpädagogik; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Using seven waves of data, collected twice a year from the 8th through the 11th grades in a low-resource community in Cape Town, South Africa, we aimed to describe the developmental trends in three specific leisure experiences (leisure boredom, new leisure interests, and healthy leisure) and substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) behaviors and to investigate the ways in which changes in leisure experiences predict changes in substance use behaviors over time. Results indicated that adolescents' substance use increased significantly across adolescence, but that leisure experiences remained fairly stable over time. We also found that adolescent leisure experiences predicted baseline substance use and that changes in leisure experiences predicted changes in substance use behaviors over time, with leisure boredom emerging as the most consistent and strongest predictor of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use. Implications for interventions that target time use and leisure experiences are discussed. (Contains 3 notes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10