Pubertal Development and Adolescent Girls’ Substance Use

Race, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood Contexts of Vulnerability

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670796
AutoresEmily E Tanner-Smith (0000-0002-5313-0664, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen32
Número5
Páginas621-649
Fecha de publicación2011-07-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431611414061
OpenAlexW2122173294
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas53

To highlight individual and neighborhood interactions in the risk of adolescent substance use, this study examined the moderating role of neighborhood disadvantage on the relationship between pubertal development and adolescent girls’ substance use. Drawing on the contextual amplification hypothesis, it was hypothesized that the effect of pubertal development on substance use would vary by level of neighborhood disadvantage and race. The sample included 5,591 adolescent girls from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 55% White, and 7% Other race). Results showed that the relationships between pubertal development, neighborhood disadvantage, and alcohol use varied for girls from different racial backgrounds. Although there was some of evidence of contextual amplification among Black adolescent girls, low levels of neighborhood disadvantage tended to be associated with higher levels of alcohol use during early adolescence. Findings highlight the importance of studying the interaction between individual- and environmental-level risk factors

Adolescent development · Adolescent health · Developmental psychology · Disadvantage · Longitudinal study · Race (biology · Substance use · Clinical Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance