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01-09-2005 | Original Paper

Psychosocial Predictors of Cannabis Use in Adolescents at Risk

Authors: Gebhard Hüsler, Bernard Plancherel, Egon Werlen

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 3/2005

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This research has tested a social disintegration model in conjunction with risk and protection factors that have the power to differentiate relative, weighted interactions among variables in different socially disintegrated groups. The model was tested in a cross-sectional sample of 1082 at-risk youth in Switzerland. Structural equation analyses show significant differences between the social disintegration (low, moderate, high) groups and gender, indicating that the model works differently for groups and for gender. For the highly disintegrated adolescents results clearly show that the risk factors (negative mood, peer network, delinquency) are more important than the protective factors (family relations, secure sense of self). Family relations lose all protective value against negative peer influence, but personal variables, such as secure self, gain protective power.

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Title: Psychosocial Predictors of Cannabis Use in Adolescents at Risk
Authors: Gebhard Hüsler
Bernard Plancherel
Egon Werlen
Publication date: 01-09-2005
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue 3/2005
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-005-0009-y

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