Citation

Zastowny TR, Adams EH, Black GS, Lawton KB, Wilder AL. J. Psychoactive Drugs 1993; 25(3): 223-237.

Affiliation

University of Rochester, Department of Psychiatry, New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Haight-Ashbury Publications in association with the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8258760

Abstract

Data from the Partnership Attitude Tracking Study are analyzed to provide a greater understanding of the contributing factors to alcohol and other drug use among children and adolescents. The data were collected from children (ages 9 to 12) and teenagers (ages 13 to 17) in central locations (usually shopping malls) located in 100 primary sampling units across the United States. The analysis, which primarily employed stepwise multiple regression for model estimation, reinforced the importance of friends use, perceived risk, and tobacco and alcohol use in predicting marijuana use. An exposure model, which included antidrug advertisements, was a particularly powerful model. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Language: en