In:
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, SAGE Publications, Vol. 30, No. 8 ( 2004-08), p. 1048-1061
Kurzfassung:
This study examined the cognitions thought to mediate the impact of context on adolescent substance use and also the extent to which context moderates the relations between these cognitions and use. Risk cognitions and behaviors were assessed in a panel of 746 African American adolescents (M age 10.5 at Wave 1, 12.2 at Wave 2). Results indicated that adolescents living in high-risk neighborhoods were more inclined toward substance use and more likely to be using at Wave 2. These context effects were mediated by the adolescents’ risk cognitions: their risk images, willingness to use, and intentions to use. Also, context moderated the relation between willingness and use (the relation was stronger in high-risk neighborhoods) but it did not moderate the intentions to use relation.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0146-1672
,
1552-7433
DOI:
10.1177/0146167204264788
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
2004
ZDB Id:
2047603-6
SSG:
5,2
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