Prediction of Long-Term Alcohol Use, Drug Use, and Criminality among Inhalant Users.

Y

9

Adolescents; Crime; Followup Studies; Mexican Americans; Parent Influence; Peer Influence; Predictor Variables; School Attitudes; Sex Differences; Substance Abuse

0739-9863

At 4-year followup on 110 Mexican-American adolescents in a drug abuse prevention program, association with deviant peers was strongly predictive of alcohol and drug use and criminality, whereas parental influences were minor predictors. Low school satisfaction was related to greater drug use, particularly for females. (Author/SV)

1992

EJ431759