Ethnic Differences in the Salience of Risk and Protective Factors for Alcohol and Marijuana

Findings from a Statewide Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID15414547
AuthorsGilbert Saint‐Jean (University of Miami, corresponding author), Lee A Crandall (University of Miami)
Year2004
Volume3
Issue1
Pages11-27
Publication date2004-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j233v03n01_02
OpenAlexW1579905742
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The purpose of the study was to distinguish risk and protective factors that predict adolescent alcohol and marijuana use across all ethnic backgrounds from those that predict use for particular ethnic groups. Analysis of data from the 2000 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey was conducted separately for the three major ethnic groups- Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics. The outcome measures were 30-day use of alcohol and marijuana and twenty-eight risk and protective factors were considered for inclusion into two logistic regression models as independent variables. Six variables were associated with all three ethnic groups' alcohol use, two with Whites and Blacks, one with Whites and Hispanics, four with Whites only, and one with Hispanics' use only. For marijuana, five variables were significant for all three ethnic groups, one for Whites and Blacks, one for Whites and Hispanics, and three for Whites only. These findings can be used to tailor adolescent drug preventive programs to specific groups, which should increase their impact

Ethnic group · Logistic regression · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Gerontology

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub