书目名称 | Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth |
编辑 | Yonette F. Thomas,LeShawndra N. Price |
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概述 | Brings together research on the reasons for racial and ethnic differences in rates of drug use and drug use disorders.Focuses on drug use among African Americans and Hispanics in the United States but |
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描述 | .This volume examines trajectories of drug use among ethnic minority youth in the United States with a focus on African Americans and Hispanics. It also highlights what research designs have been employed to address these differences as well as suggests strategies for moving this discourse forward by identifying potential targets for prevention and intervention with minority youth...This book features essays by leading experts in the field who have grappled with this issue for decades. Inside, readers will find an insightful dialogue that addresses such questions as: Why are African American and Hispanic youth more likely than their White peers to abstain from drug use during adolescence but are more likely to become problem users later in life? What impact does the stress caused by discrimination have on potential drug use? To what extent does religiosity protect minority youth from drug use as past research suggests that it protects White youth? What is the influence ofneighborhood context on exposure to and use of substances among urban African American children? Taken together, the essays in this book identify underexplored risk and protective factors and gaps in the current st |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | Prevention and intervention; African Americans; Hispanics and Latinos; Problem users; Development of dru |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7491-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-1359-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-017-7491-8 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016 |