The importance of family factors to protect against substance use related problems among Mexican heritage and White youth.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined the ability of family cohesion, parental control, and parent-child attachment to prevent adolescents with a history of drug or alcohol use from experiencing subsequent problems related to their use.

Methods

Data came from Wave I and Wave II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and included Mexican heritage and White adolescents who reported alcohol use (n = 4894, 25% prevalence) or any other drug use (n = 2875, 14% prevalence) in their lifetime.

Results

Logistic regression results indicate greater parent-child attachment predicted lower risk of experiencing drug use problems (OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.77-0.98) while stronger family cohesion predicted lower odds of experiencing drug- (OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.70-0.97) or alc

SUBMITTER: Kopak AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3337392 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature