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Risk Factors for Substance Use among Mexican American School-Age Youth

Zenong Yin

Jesse T. Zapata

David S. Katims

University of Texas at San Antonio

This article is a report of an investigation of riskfactors that may play an important role in understanding the use of various minor and major substances in a school-age population. Mexican American fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students with low socioeconomic status (N = 2,216; 52% males and 48% females) were surveyed to ascertain information pertaining to their substance use and its relationship to specific environmental and psychological risk factors. Results capture prevalence and distribution of substance use among this population by gender, as well as the relationship between the magnitude of risk and substance use by gender Results indicate a positive relationship between the number of riskfactors experienced by students and substance use.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 1, 61-76 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863950171004
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