Identifying subgroups of adolescent substance use and delinquency in South Africa

确定南非青少年药物使用和犯罪的亚组

基本信息

批准号：
8246494
负责人：
Mary Lai Rose
金额：
$ 2.89万
依托单位：
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-04-01 至 2012-11-06
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8246494
关键词：
Address Adolescent Adult Affect African Alcohol or Other Drugs use Alcohols Behavior Cigarette Communities Control Groups Data Data Set Development Discrimination Economics Environment Ethnic Origin Female Gender Health Home environment Inhalant dose form Language Light Literature Marijuana Measures Methamphetamine Methods Nature Persons Pharmaceutical Preparations Policies Positioning Attribute Prevalence Prevention Prevention Research Prevention program Probability Problem behavior Process Public Health Race Research Research Personnel Risk Behaviors Sampling Schools Social Change Social Impacts South Africa Statistical Methods Subgroup Suspension substance Suspensions Testing Theft Time Training Training Programs United States Violence adolescent substance use base bullying cohort cost effective design economic behavior high risk innovation insight male programs public health relevance research study response theories

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The South African context is one of high risk for adolescent substance use and delinquency. The post-Apartheid environment consists of major political, economic, and social changes, discrimination and increasing violence. It is important to understand how adolescent substance use and delinquency develop independently as well as how these behaviors co-occur in this context. The current study will uniquely contribute to research on substance use and delinquent behaviors among South African adolescents, and in particular, on their methamphetamine use. The research study aims to identify latent classes (subgroups) of co-occurring adolescent substance users and delinquents and to examine how these subgroups change over time. Results of the current study have two major implications for prevention research and public health. First, better understanding of how adolescent substance use and delinquency occur in South Africa may inform the theory underlying the design of prevention programs in high risk contexts in other parts of South Africa. Second, using a person-oriented approach toward the study of adolescent substance use and delinquency may provide unique insight into possible subgroups of adolescents, affecting whether programs choose to target specific risk behaviors versus multiple risk behaviors. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The application of innovative statistical methods may be one way to better understand co-occurring adolescent substance use and delinquency.

描述（由申请人提供）：南非是青少年药物滥用和犯罪的高风险地区之一。后种族隔离环境包括重大的政治、经济和社会变革、歧视和日益增加的暴力。重要的是要了解青少年物质使用和犯罪如何独立发展以及这些行为如何在这种情况下同时发生。目前的研究将对南非青少年的物质使用和犯罪行为，特别是甲基苯丙胺的使用的研究做出独特的贡献。该研究旨在确定同时存在的青少年药物使用者和犯罪者的潜在类别（亚组），并研究这些亚组如何随时间变化。目前的研究结果对预防研究和公共卫生有两个主要影响。首先，更好地了解南非青少年药物使用和犯罪是如何发生的，可以为南非其他地区高风险环境下预防计划设计的理论提供依据。其次，采用以人为本的方法来研究青少年物质使用和犯罪可能会为青少年可能的亚群提供独特的见解，从而影响项目是否选择针对特定风险行为而不是多种风险行为。公共卫生相关性：创新统计方法的应用可能是更好地了解同时发生的青少年药物使用和犯罪的一种方法。