Social Competence and Substance Use among Rural Youth: Mediating Role of Social Benefit Expectancies of Use.

Griffin, Kenneth W.; Epstein, Jennifer A.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Spoth, Richard L.

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ERIC Number: EJ638445

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Social Competence and Substance Use among Rural Youth: Mediating Role of Social Benefit Expectancies of Use.

Griffin, Kenneth W.; Epstein, Jennifer A.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Spoth, Richard L.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v30 n4 p485-98 Aug 2001

Studied the mechanisms by which social competence may be associated with substance use during early adolescence in a sample of 1,568 rural junior high school students. Structural equation modeling indicated that social competence had a direct protective association with substance use. Discusses mediating factors. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Rural Youth, Structural Equation Models, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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