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Explaining adolescent drug use: an elaboration strategy for structural equations modeling.

H B Kaplan1, R J Johnson, C A Bailey

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.

Psychiatry
|May 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

This study refines theoretical models explaining adolescent drug use by adding complexity and detail. Findings enhance understanding of the structural relationships influencing substance use behaviors in adolescents.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Adolescent drug use is a complex phenomenon with multifaceted causes.
  • Existing theoretical models may not fully capture the intricate relationships influencing substance use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and refine increasingly elaborated theoretical models explaining adolescent drug use.
  • To enhance the understanding of structural relationships among latent variables affecting drug use.

Main Methods:

  • Employing a series of analyses to estimate successive theoretical model elaborations.
  • Specifying direct effects, intervening variables, antecedents, and suppressor effects.
  • Controlling for common antecedent effects and examining alternative causal linkages.

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Main Results:

  • Each model elaboration increased the explained variance in adolescent drug use.
  • Identified new direct effects and intervening variables contributing to drug use.
  • Exposed suppressor effects and refined causal linkages among explanatory constructs.

Conclusions:

  • Elaborated theoretical models provide a more detailed explanation of adolescent drug use.
  • The study advances understanding of the complex interplay of factors influencing adolescent substance use.