Stages of drug abuse in adolescence

Personality, peer, and family correlates

Bibliographic Data

ID9787161
AuthorsJudith S Brook (Indiana University School of Medicine, corresponding author), Martin Whiteman, Ann Scovell Gordon
Year1983
Volume19
Issue2
Pages269-277
Publication date1983-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0012-1649.19.2.269
OpenAlexW4255110613
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited12

This article presents several models for exploring the interrelationship of sets of personality, peer, and family factors and ordered stages of drug use. Black (n = 403) and white (n = 529) first- and second-year high school students served as subjects. Results of the study indicate the following: (a) domains of personality, peer, and family are of importance in differentiati ng among the stages of drug use; (b) drug use by family and peers interacts with the socialization techniques of family and peers and with the personality attributes of the adolescents; (c) family and peer positive and negative reinforcement are differentially effective, depending on the adolescents' personality attributes. In addition, the data supported an independent model; that is, each of the three domains (personality, peer, and family) is associated with the adolescent's stage of drug use independent of the latter's relationship with the remaining two domains. An independent model also obtained in the following comparisons between successive stages: nonusers versus legal users, legal users versus marijuana users, and marijuana users versus other illicit drug users. A growing body of literature dealing with adolescents demonstrates the importance of domains of personality, peer, and family factors and their relation to adolescents' use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs (Brook, G9rdon, & Brook, 1980; Brook, Lukoff, & Whiteman, 1978; Brook, Whiteman, & Gordon, 1981a, 1981b; Huba, Wingard, & Bentler^ 1979; Jessor, Chase, & Donovan, 1980; for reviews see Jessor, 1979; Kandel, 1980; Lettieri, 1975; Lettieri, Sayers, & Pearson, 1980), A second theme in recent research in drug use has been the study of what Kandel calls stages of drug use. Kandel (1975) has proposed a model of drug use that includes the following stages: nonuse; use of legal drugs (i.e., tobacco and/or alcohol); use of marijuana; and use of illicit drugs other

Adolescent development · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Peer group · Peer influence · Peer relations · Personality · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Youth Development and Social Support