Abstract
This study tested the mediating effects of violence victimization in the relationship between school climate and adolescent drug use. The hypothesized path model fit data collected from a probability sample of urban high school students (N=586) participating in an evaluation of a violence prevention program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Findings indicated that the lack of enforcement of school rules and the presence of unsafe places in and around the school influenced adolescent drug use directly and indirectly through their effects on violence victimization. Editors' Strategic Implications: This research confirms the importance of the environment as a contributor to violence victimization. Violence victimization is obviously of concern in its own right, but in addition, these data indicate that it also contributes to adolescent drug use. School administrators should be aware that unsafe places in schools and the failure to enforce school rules may affect such victimization and drug use.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 281-292 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Primary Prevention |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 May 2006 |
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Keywords
- Adolescent
- Drug use
- School violence
- Victimization
- Violence prevention
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School climate and adolescent drug use : Mediating effects of violence victimization in the urban high school context. / Reid, Robert; Andrew Peterson, N.; Hughey, Joseph; Garcia-Reid, Pauline.
In: Journal of Primary Prevention, Vol. 27, No. 3, 01.05.2006, p. 281-292.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - School climate and adolescent drug use
T2 - Mediating effects of violence victimization in the urban high school context
AU - Reid, Robert
AU - Andrew Peterson, N.
AU - Hughey, Joseph
AU - Garcia-Reid, Pauline
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - This study tested the mediating effects of violence victimization in the relationship between school climate and adolescent drug use. The hypothesized path model fit data collected from a probability sample of urban high school students (N=586) participating in an evaluation of a violence prevention program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Findings indicated that the lack of enforcement of school rules and the presence of unsafe places in and around the school influenced adolescent drug use directly and indirectly through their effects on violence victimization. Editors' Strategic Implications: This research confirms the importance of the environment as a contributor to violence victimization. Violence victimization is obviously of concern in its own right, but in addition, these data indicate that it also contributes to adolescent drug use. School administrators should be aware that unsafe places in schools and the failure to enforce school rules may affect such victimization and drug use.
AB - This study tested the mediating effects of violence victimization in the relationship between school climate and adolescent drug use. The hypothesized path model fit data collected from a probability sample of urban high school students (N=586) participating in an evaluation of a violence prevention program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Findings indicated that the lack of enforcement of school rules and the presence of unsafe places in and around the school influenced adolescent drug use directly and indirectly through their effects on violence victimization. Editors' Strategic Implications: This research confirms the importance of the environment as a contributor to violence victimization. Violence victimization is obviously of concern in its own right, but in addition, these data indicate that it also contributes to adolescent drug use. School administrators should be aware that unsafe places in schools and the failure to enforce school rules may affect such victimization and drug use.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Drug use
KW - School violence
KW - Victimization
KW - Violence prevention
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U2 - 10.1007/s10935-006-0035-y
DO - 10.1007/s10935-006-0035-y
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 281
EP - 292
JO - Journal of Primary Prevention
JF - Journal of Primary Prevention
SN - 0278-095X
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