Substance use among early adolescent girls: risk and protective factors.

J Adolesc Health

School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.

Published: August 2008

Disquieting rates of alcohol and drug use among adolescent girls call for original research on gender-specific risk and protective factors for substance use. Particularly salient are data on theory-driven factors that can inform prevention programming. Surveying 781 adolescent girls and their mothers, we found relationships between girls' use of alcohol, prescription drugs, and inhalants and girls' after-school destinations, body images, depression, best friend's substance use, maternal drinking behavior, mother-daughter interactions, and family norms surrounding substance use. Study findings have implications for the design of responsive gender-specific prevention programs.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.12.014DOI Listing

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