Substance Abuse Among Suburban Youth: Prospective Study

郊区青少年的药物滥用：前瞻性研究

• 批准号: 6846567
• 负责人: SUNIYA S LUTHAR
• 金额: $ 26.39万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-02-01 至 2008-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6846567
• 关键词: academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; disease /disorder onset; disease /disorder proneness /risk; gender difference; human subject; longitudinal human study; parent offspring interaction; peer group; psychometrics; psychopathology; socioenvironment; substance abuse epidemiology; substance abuse related disorder

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed investigation is focused on a group of youngsters rarely studied by developmental scientists in the past, those in relatively affluent, suburban families. The few studies that do exist indicate surprisingly high maladjustment among these youth across various domains, particularly substance use and subjective distress. The central objective of this research is to illuminate the ontogenesis of substance use and related problems among suburban teens, with special attention to forces likely to be especially salient in this contextual setting and at this developmental stage. Specifically, based on annual assessments of a cohort of suburban youth from the 6th through 12th grades, we will pursue the following aims: (1.) To examine developmental trajectories across the pre- through late adolescent years;(2.) To examine the antecedents of substance useamong suburban adolescents, including individual factors (subjective distress and behavioral competence); context-relevant pathways (including achievement pressures and disconnection from parents); and influences of the peer community (peers? endorsement of substance use); (3.) To examine the consequences of substance usethrough the high school years, including those pertaining to self-reported inner distress problems in everyday social competence (academic difficulties and behavioral non-conformity), and alienation from parents. Each of these objectives will be pursued separately for boys and girls. Assessments involve multiple respondents and multiple instruments with good psychometric properties, and substance use is measured in terms of both annual and monthly use of different substances, as well as problem severity. The sample will consist of a cohort of sixth grade students (n=338) in an affluent town in the North East. Baseline 6th grade), as well as one- and two-year prospective data have already been obtained, and funding is being requested to follow this cohort for four more annual assessments. Tracking these youth through a seven-year period spanning pre-adolescence (prior to the onset of substance use and related problems) through late adolescence (by which time many problems have become crystallized) will be invaluable in documenting the pathways to, and consequences of, substance use by a group of youngsters at apparently high risk -- yet little studied in the past.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的调查集中在过去很少有发展科学家研究的年轻人上，这些年轻人是相对富裕的郊区家庭。确实存在的少数研究表明，这些年轻人在各个领域，尤其是物质使用和主观困扰的不良疾病。这项研究的核心目的是阐明郊区青少年中物质使用和相关问题的个体发生，并特别注意在这种情况下和在这个发展阶段中可能特别重要的力量。具体而言，根据对6至12年级的郊区青年队列的年度评估，我们将追求以下目标：（1.）检查整个前期到较晚的发展轨迹 青少年;（2。）检查物质的先例美国郊区青少年，包括个体因素（主观困扰和行为能力）；与上下文相关的途径（包括成就压力和父母的脱节）；和同伴社区的影响（同龄人认可使用物质）； （3.）在高中期间检查物质的后果，包括与自我报告的内在遇险问题有关的社会能力（学术困难） 和行为不合格），父母的疏远。这些目标将分别针对男孩和女孩进行。评估涉及多个受访者和多种具有良好心理测量特性的仪器，并且根据年度和每月使用不同物质以及问题的严重性来衡量物质使用。样本将 由东北一个富裕小镇组成的六年级学生（n = 338）组成。基线六年级）以及一年和两年的前瞻性数据，并要求资金遵循该队列进行另外四次年度评估。在跨越青春期（在使用物质使用和相关问题之前）到青春期（当时许多问题已经结晶）的七年期（在使用物质使用和相关问题之前）跟踪这些年轻人将是无价的 风险 - 过去很少研究。