Risk Factors for Substance Use by Mexican American Youth With and Without Learning Disabilities

Author:

Katims David S.1,Zapata Jesse T.2,Yin Zenong3

Affiliation:

1. David S. Katims, EdD, is an associate professor of special education and a faculty research associate with the Hispanic Research Center at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests include emerging literacy in young children and with learning and behavior disorders and the use of substances by children and youth with and without disabilities.

2. Jesse T. Zapata, PhD, is a professor of educational psychology at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He was recently appointed associate provost for The University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Campus. His research interests include multicultural issues and the use of substances by Mexican American school-age youth.

3. Zenong Yin, PhD, is a faculty research associate with the Hispanic Research Center and an assistant professor of health and kinesiology at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests include psychosocial issues related to public health and physical activities.

Abstract

This survey study was designed to (a) investigate the prevalence of minor and major substance use among low socioeconomic status elementary and middle school Mexican American students identified with learning disabilities (LD; n = 150) and without LD ( n = 150), and (b) identify psychosocial and environmental risk factors that may lead to the use of various substances among both non-learning disabled (non-LD) students and students with LD in an all–Mexican American sample. No differences were found in the use of substances between the two groups. Risk factors that were found to influence the use of minor substances for students identified as learning disabled, as opposed to the non-LD students, included use of substances by close friends and susceptibility to peer influence. Risk factors that were found to affect the use of major substances for students identified as learning disabled, as opposed to the non-LD students, included the number of minor substances used and stressful life events. Findings are discussed in the context of differing pathways leading to the use of substances for non-LD students and students with LD within an intraethnic group study.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Health Professions,Education,Health(social science)

Cited by 19 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3