TY - JOUR
T1 - Explaining adolescent drug use in adjacent generations
T2 - Testing the generality of theoretical explanations
AU - Krohn, Marvin D.
AU - Loughran, Thomas A.
AU - Thornberry, Terence P.
AU - Jang, Daniel Wonho
AU - Freeman-Gallant, Adrienne
AU - Castro, Erin D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for the Rochester Youth Development Study has been provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA020195) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (86-JN-CX-0007). Work on this project was also aided by grants to the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis at the University at Albany from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD32041) and National Science Foundation (SBR-9512290).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - We tested the assumption that theories of drug use are able to account for behavior across varying contexts and populations by examining whether control, learning, and elaborated theories provide similar explanations for adolescent drug use in adjacent generations. We used data from the Rochester Youth Development Study and Rochester Intergenerational Study which followed a sample of adolescents starting at age 14 and their oldest biological child. Crossgenerational analysis between theoretical variables measured at age 14 and drug use measured at approximately ages 15 and 16 were used. Regression models testing for each theoretical framework found that in general, they appear to operate similarly in adjacent generations. We conducted 14 tests of equality for pairs of coefficients across the generations; no statistically significant differences were observed. Overall, these theories offer general explanations for adolescent drug use with respect to risk and protective factors for parents and their children. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.
AB - We tested the assumption that theories of drug use are able to account for behavior across varying contexts and populations by examining whether control, learning, and elaborated theories provide similar explanations for adolescent drug use in adjacent generations. We used data from the Rochester Youth Development Study and Rochester Intergenerational Study which followed a sample of adolescents starting at age 14 and their oldest biological child. Crossgenerational analysis between theoretical variables measured at age 14 and drug use measured at approximately ages 15 and 16 were used. Regression models testing for each theoretical framework found that in general, they appear to operate similarly in adjacent generations. We conducted 14 tests of equality for pairs of coefficients across the generations; no statistically significant differences were observed. Overall, these theories offer general explanations for adolescent drug use with respect to risk and protective factors for parents and their children. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1177/0022042616659758
DO - 10.1177/0022042616659758
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994752002
VL - 46
SP - 373
EP - 395
JO - Journal of Drug Issues
JF - Journal of Drug Issues
SN - 0022-0426
IS - 4
ER -
