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. 2009 Nov;30(6):622-41.
doi: 10.1007/s10935-009-0197-5.

School, family, and peer factors and their association with substance use in Hispanic adolescents

Barbara Lopez  1 , Wei Wang, Seth J Schwartz, Guillermo Prado, Shi Huang, C Hendricks Brown, Hilda Pantin, José Szapocznik
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School, family, and peer factors and their association with substance use in Hispanic adolescents

Barbara Lopez et al. J Prim Prev. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine how relationships among family, school, and peer factors relate to likelihood of substance use in Hispanic adolescents. Results indicated that only perceived peer substance use was directly related to adolescents' own substance use. A significant interaction was found between parental monitoring and peer use vis-à-vis substance use, which suggests that the relationship between parental monitoring and the adolescents' own use was significantly stronger among youth who reported that more of their friends used substances. Implications of these results for the design of substance use preventive interventions are discussed. Editors' Strategic Implications: This research is promising both in terms of the implications for targets of prevention programming and for the application of ecodevelopmental theory, which might guide similar efforts with different cultural groups.

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Hypothesized relationships among family and school and peer contexts and risk for early substance
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Relationship of family and school and peer contexts and risk for early substance. Note: χ2 (30) = 57.20, p =.00, CFI = 0.97 and RMSEA = 0.05. + p < .10; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001; A adolescent report, P parent report. Only paths significant at p < .10 are presented. Bold paths represent significant mediation
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Early substance use and parental monitoring in youth with low versus high number of friends using substances
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