Associations between Family Factors and Youth Substance Use Across the Rural-Urban Continuum: A Person-/Variable-Centered Approach.

ABSTRACT: Few studies have evaluated the influence of both family factors and geographic location on youth substance use. To address this gap, a person-/variable-centered approach was used to: (1) identify latent profiles of family risk and protective factors for substance use, (2) test profile membership as a predictor of lifetime and 30-day substance use, (3) test rurality, as measured by school geographic location, as a predictor, and (4) explore interaction effects between profile membership and rurality. Youth (N=9,104; 53% female) residing in a state in the southeastern U.S. completed a statewide substance abuse and risk behavior survey including questions about family risk and protective factors and substance use behaviors. Using latent profile analysis to identify subgroups of participants w

SUBMITTER: Fenton MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293492 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature