How Urban Youth Perceive Relationships Among School Environments, Social Networks, Self-Concept, and Substance Use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Studies suggest adolescent substance use aligns with academic and behavioral self-concept (whether teens think of themselves as good or bad students and as rule followers or rule breakers) as well as peer and adult social networks. Schools are an important context in which self-concept and social networks develop, but it remains unclear how school environments might be leveraged to promote healthy development and prevent substance use. We sought to describe how youth perceive the relationships among school environments, adolescent self-concept, social networks, and substance use.

Methods

Semistructured interviews with 32 low-income minority youth (aged 17-22 years) who participated in a prior study, explored self-concept development, school environments, social net

SUBMITTER: Dudovitz RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5340077 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature