An Integrative Model for Drug Use Severity among Inhalant Users.

Joe, George W.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ431760

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Publication Date: 1991

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An Integrative Model for Drug Use Severity among Inhalant Users.

Joe, George W.; And Others

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v13 n3 p324-40 Aug 1991

Tests with linear structural equations (LISREL) suggest that an integrative model best explains interrelationships among peer deviancy, psychological vulnerability, inhalant availability, family environment, acculturative and socioeconomic stress, and educational attainment, and their longitudinal effects on inhalant use and drug use severity among Mexican-American youth. Contains 24 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Attainment, Family Influence, Goodness of Fit, Inhalants, Mexican Americans, Peer Influence, Stress Variables, Structural Equation Models, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Austin)

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