Citation

Sussman S, Dent CW, McCullar WJ. Psychol. Addict. Behav. 2000; 14(2): 192-196.

Affiliation

Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA. ssussma@hsc.usc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10860118

Abstract

This study provides a 1-year prospective analysis of group self-identification as a predictor of adolescent drug use and violence. Youth identified with discrete groups. In most comparisons, 1 year later, a high-risk group reported greater levels of drug use and violence-related exposure than other groups, and the statistical relation between group self-identification and drug use or violence remained after baseline assessment of the drug use or violence measure was controlled for. This is the 1st study to demonstrate that group self-identification is a significant prospective predictor of drug use and other problem behaviors.

Language: en