Citation

Moore S, Laflin MT, Weis DL. Adolescence 1996; 31(123): 523-542.

Affiliation

Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8874601

Abstract

It is widely believed that low self-esteem (SE) is associated with greater substance use, although previous research has been unable to support such a relationship consistently. The present study used the "social deviance model" to investigate whether SE was differentially related to substance use for respondents in varying cultural norms. Responses to intensity of tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, and drug use, SE, and cultural norm items from over 2,000 high school and college students failed to support this model.

Language: en