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Adolescent Substance Use: Risk And Protective Factors Of Family, School, Peer, And Leisure, Tara Woodward
Adolescent Substance Use: Risk And Protective Factors Of Family, School, Peer, And Leisure, Tara Woodward
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
BACKGROUND
Adolescent substance use has long been a global public health issue. In this study, we explored developmental contexts that correspond with protective and risk factors associated with adolescent substance use. The developmental contexts of interest are the family domain, the school domain, the peer domain, and the structured and unstructured leisure domains. The leisure domain is of particular interest as it often corresponds with protective and risk factors different from those associated with the other domains. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the identified domains are associated with adolescent alcohol use and cannabis use.
METHODS
This …