Citation

Farrell AD, Anchors DM, Danish SJ, Howard CW. J. Drug Educ. 1992; 22(4): 313-328.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2018.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1484329

Abstract

This study tested the relevance of a risk factor model for predicting drug use among rural adolescents. A questionnaire battery assessing drug use and the presence/absence of twenty risk factors derived from a previous study of urban adolescents was administered to a sample of seventh graders (N = 235) in the public school system of a rural community. All but one of these risk factors were found to be significantly related to at least one category of drug use. In addition, a risk factor index based on a subset of ten risk factors was significantly associated with the prevalence and frequency of use for cigarettes, beer and wine, hard liquor, marijuana, and other drugs. These findings support the generalizability of a risk factor approach to predicting drug use, and underscore the need for increased prevention and research efforts directed at rural adolescents.

Language: en