Sequences of drug involvement in African-American and Puerto Rican adolescents

Psychol Rep. 1992 Aug;71(1):179-82. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.1.179.

Abstract

This study examined stages in drug involvement of 695 African-American and 637 Puerto Rican adolescents. Analysis indicated that adolescents progress through several stages of drug involvement: beer/wine, cigarettes or hard liquor, then marijuana, and, finally, illicit drugs other than marijuana. The sequence of drug involvement for both ethnic groups appears to be both unidimensional and cumulative.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Black or African American / psychology*
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Illicit Drugs*
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • New York City / epidemiology
  • Puerto Rico / ethnology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology*

Substances

  • Illicit Drugs