Perceived environmental drug use risk and the correlates of early drug use or nonuse among inner-city youths: The motivated actor*

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1986

Abstract

The extent to which youth perceive their neighborhood to be at risk was found to be directly related to a series of life-style and drug use context variables. Further, the extent of drug use (nonuse, only alcohol, both alcohol and marijuana) was directly related to two of these variables, but inversely relatedto the extent their friends used "hard" drugs. These results indicate the critical importance of incorporating a measure of perceived risk into drug studies of adolescents, and highlight the need to view youth as motivated actors, guiding their own behavior in an attempt to actualize self-defined values. This is in direct contrast to most theoretical perspectives which regard this age group as merely responding to powerful external influences. © 1986 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.

Identifier

84907117936 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Substance Use and Misuse

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.3109/10826088609077250

ISSN

10826084

PubMed ID

3491796

First Page

977

Last Page

1000

Issue

9-10

Volume

21

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