TY - JOUR
T1 - Protective families in high- and low-risk environments
T2 - Implications for adolescent substance use
AU - Cleveland, Michael J.
AU - Feinberg, Mark E.
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse Center Grant PF DA100075 to The Methodology Center and NIDA Training Grant T32 DA017629-01A1 to The Prevention Research Center. The PAYS data were made available by a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIDA, NIMH, the National Institutes of Health, or PCCD.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - This study used data from a sample of 6th to 12th grade students (N = 48,641, 51% female), nested in 192 schools, to determine if the influence of family-based protective factors varied across different school contexts. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of individual-level family protective factors, relative to school-level aggregates of the same factors, on recent (past 30 days) use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Cross-level interactions indicated that the effect of the student's level of family protection, relative to other students in their school, differed depending on the aggregated school level of family protection. The results suggested that the benefit of belonging to a well-functioning family was more influential for students attending schools characterized by higher-than-average aggregated levels of protection compared to students attending schools of lower-than-average protection. Thus, family-level factors offered less protection for students in relatively high-risk school contexts. These results were consistent with a protective-reactive interaction and suggest that a thorough understanding of adolescent substance use must consider the complex interplay among adolescents, their families, and their social environments.
AB - This study used data from a sample of 6th to 12th grade students (N = 48,641, 51% female), nested in 192 schools, to determine if the influence of family-based protective factors varied across different school contexts. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of individual-level family protective factors, relative to school-level aggregates of the same factors, on recent (past 30 days) use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Cross-level interactions indicated that the effect of the student's level of family protection, relative to other students in their school, differed depending on the aggregated school level of family protection. The results suggested that the benefit of belonging to a well-functioning family was more influential for students attending schools characterized by higher-than-average aggregated levels of protection compared to students attending schools of lower-than-average protection. Thus, family-level factors offered less protection for students in relatively high-risk school contexts. These results were consistent with a protective-reactive interaction and suggest that a thorough understanding of adolescent substance use must consider the complex interplay among adolescents, their families, and their social environments.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10964-009-9395-y
DO - 10.1007/s10964-009-9395-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 20084558
AN - SCOPUS:77950342200
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 39
SP - 114
EP - 126
JO - Journal of youth and adolescence
JF - Journal of youth and adolescence
IS - 2
ER -