The role of negative emotional reactivity and neighborhood factors in predicting marijuana use during early adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Negative emotional reactivity and the neighborhood environment have been individually associated with marijuana use outcomes; however, less is known about whether neighborhood factors differentiate the association between negative emotional reactivity and marijuana use. The present study examined whether neighborhood risk (i.e., neighborhood problems) and protective factors (i.e., neighborhood social cohesion) moderated the relation between negative emotional reactivity and marijuana use during early adolescence.

Methods

Participants were 775 adolescents (M = 10.95 ± 0.88 years; 69% male; 76% Caucasian), who reported on their past month frequency of marijuana use at Time 1 (when adolescents were 10-12 years old) and Time 2 (when adolescents were 12-14 years old)

SUBMITTER: Tache RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9109817 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature