Substance Use and Individual Assets in Urban Adolescents: Subgroups and Correlates in Emerging Adulthood
| Autor: | Meeyoung O. Min, June‐Yung Kim, Sonia Minnes, Sun‐Kyung Kim, Devon Musson Rose, Lynn T. Singer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Adult
Male Schools Social Psychology Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Infant Newborn Article United States Black or African American Psychiatry and Mental health Young Adult Adolescent Behavior Pregnancy Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Female Prospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | J Adolesc |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: In order to investigate patterns of divergence in adolescent adjustment, this study examined the co-occurring patterns of adolescents’ individual assets (e.g., school engagement, values) and substance use and whether the co-occurring patterns were associated with later functioning in emerging adulthood. METHODS: Participants were 358 (54% females), predominantly African American, urban adolescents, recruited at birth for a prospective study on the effects of prenatal substance exposure in the Midwest United States. Individual assets, using the Developmental Assets Profile, substance use (alcohol, tobacco, marijuana), via biologic assays and self-report, and substance use-related problems were assessed at age 15. High school completion, substance use disorder, mental health symptoms, and legal problems were assessed at age 21. RESULTS: Latent class analysis identified five classes: high assets with low substance use (C1, 10.2%); moderate assets with low substance use (C2, 28.7%); low assets with low substance use (C3, 32%); moderate assets with high substance use (C4, 9.4%); and low assets with high substance use (C5, 19.2%). Despite similar levels of assets, adolescents in C5 reported more life adversities (suboptimal caregiving environment, daily hassles, non-birth parents’ care) than those in C3. C4 and C5 reported more substance use disorder at age 21 than the three low substance use classes; adolescents in C5 were less likely to complete high school than those in C2. More females in C5 reported greater mental health symptoms than those in C1 and C3 and criminal justice involvement than those in C1. CONCLUSIONS: The current findings underscore the significance of substance use in adolescence in disrupting healthy transition to adulthood, especially among females in the context of low individual assets. |
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