The influence of family relationships on marijuana use among a sample of inner city youths

This study of the etiology of drug use explores the influence of family relationship variables (parental support) on self‐identification, and alcohol and marijuana use of 258 inner‐city, male adolescents. A latent variable structural model of the effect of parental support on alcohol and drug use, mediated by self‐identification, was estimated using a maximum likelihood solution. Results support the adequacy of the model. Perceived family support and self‐identification were significantly related to reported alcohol and marijuana use. In addition, alcohol consumption functions as a mediator variable and affects the relationship for both perceived family support and self‐identification with marijuana use. Ethnic background, Black versus Puerto Rican, did not have a direct effect on these variables. Finally, the model suggests a direct relationship between youths‘ use of alcohol and marijuana. It was hypothesized that this relationship is a product of environmental and socio‐cultural contexts wherein a vari

Developmental psychology · Inner city · Sample (material · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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