@article{ref1,
title="Drug risk: a cross-sectional exploration of the influence of family-of-origin and current situational circumstances",
journal="Journal of drug issues",
year="2010",
author="Perkins, Molly and Elifson, Kirk W. and Sterk, Claire E.",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="353-378",
abstract="The main objective of this paper is to investigate potential predictors of drug risk among a community-based sample of individuals who are exposed to illicit drugs. The four domains of interest are individual socio-demographic and social-psychological attributes, current situational circumstances and family-of-origin characteristics. Interviews were conducted with 242 individuals who were recruited in Atlanta, Georgia. Initial descriptive analyses were followed by multivariate analyses. The final model predicted 60% of the variance in drug risk. Current situational circumstances were statistically significant regarding drug risk. Family-of-origin characteristics also were significant, even when entered into the predictive model after current situational circumstances. In addition to individual social-psychological characteristics such as depression and self-esteem, the impact of childhood emotional abuse is noted. The findings indicate a need for considering proximal as well as more distal influences on drug risk behavior when designing drug use prevention and intervention programs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-0426",
doi="10.1177/002204261004000205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002204261004000205"
}