Purpose Informed by ecological theories and models of influence, this review discusses
various psychosocial risk and protective factors that contribute to adolescent substance use …

In considering the influences of microsystems on adolescent substance use, familial and
peer contexts have received the most extensive attention in the research literature. School …

Recent research has affirmed the need to examine contextual influences on adolescent
substance use in a multilevel framework. This study examined the role of neighborhood …

The current study examined socio-demographic variability in adolescent substance use and
the mediating roles of maternal knowledge, paternal knowledge and peer substance use …

The search for the one causal influence to account for youthful drug use has always failed.
An alternate approach is advocated and tested that relates exposure to and impact of …

This study tests a multidimensional model of adolescent drug use. The model incorporates
sociodemographic variables, personality variables (state and trait anxiety, depressive mood …

Adolescence is often described as a time of experimentation with risky or problem behaviors
(Arnett, 2000), and substance use is one such behavior that is initiated during this age …

Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) reveal high numbers of adolescent substance use in the United …

This article reviews the etiology of chemical use and abuse among children and adolescents
as well as states the etiological pathways of youth drug behavior between initial, occasional …

Conducts a selective review of research data to find that current surveys suggest a dramatic
rise in use of drugs in the 1960's and 1970's, followed by a stabilization or decline …