Neighborhood disorder, peer network health, and substance use among young urban adolescents

Highlights • Risky peer networks interact with neighborhood disorder and substance use. • In high-risk neighborhoods, healthy peer networks are associated with substance use. • The protective effects of peer networks decline over time. • Targeting young adolescent peer networks in high-risk neighbor...

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Published inDrug and alcohol dependence Vol. 178; pp. 208 - 214
Main Authors Mason, Michael J, Light, John M, Mennis, Jeremy, Rusby, Julie C, Westling, Erika, Crewe, Stephanie, Zaharakis, Nikola M, Way, Thomas, Flay, Brian R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.09.2017
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescents
African Americans
Age
Assaults
Drug abuse
Health care
Health risks
High risk
Households
Housing
Humans
Intervention
Moderation
Neighborhood disorder
Neighborhoods
Networks
Peer Group
Peer networks
Poverty
Poverty - psychology
Protective factors
Psychiatry
Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data
Risk
Risk behavior
Risk reduction
Risk taking
Sampling methods
Social disorganization
Substance abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Teenagers
Urban adolescents
Urban areas
Urban environments
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Substance use
Urban adolescents
Peer networks
Neighborhood disorder
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Summary:Highlights • Risky peer networks interact with neighborhood disorder and substance use. • In high-risk neighborhoods, healthy peer networks are associated with substance use. • The protective effects of peer networks decline over time. • Targeting young adolescent peer networks in high-risk neighborhoods appears promising
Bibliography:Michael Mason, Ph.D. designed the study, conducted the initial analyses, and wrote the manuscript. Jeremy Mennis, Ph.D. acquired the geographic data and assisted on the statistical analyses and writing of the manuscript. John light, Ph.D., conducted the primary analyses and provided interpretation. Julie Rusby, Ph.D., and Erika Westling, Ph.D., contributed to the manuscript writing and interpretation of results. Stephanie Crewe, M.D., oversaw the research within the hospital clinic and contributed to the manuscript interpreting results. Nikola Zaharakis, Ph.D. oversaw data collection and assisted in writing the introduction and methods sections. Tom Way, Ph.D. and Brian Flay, D. Phil. provided technical and theoretical consultation, and interpreted findings. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.
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ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.05.005