Citation

Moon SS, Patton J, Rao U. J. Hum. Behav. Soc. Environ. 2010; 20(7): 839-856.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10911351003751918

PMID

21423847

PMCID

PMC3057219

Abstract

The authors tested an ecological model that posits mediating variables (substance use and mental health) in the association between ecological factors (family closeness, school closeness, and peer closeness) and youth violence in a sample of 4,783 adolescents. Model including substance use present significantly less total effect between ecological factors and youth violence than do models without substance use. Additional probing of significant mediation effect using the Sobel test was performed and suggested that substance use did function as a mediator in the hypothesized path. Considerations of adolescent violence should recognize the possible role of ecological factors and how their influence may vary by substance use.

Language: en