Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 3-19-2009
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Drug Education
Abstract
The use of illicit and licit drugs continues to be a major public health concern. Many prevention and drug education programs address this issue by attempting to enhance self-esteem. The idea is that increased levels of self-esteem will serve as a protective factor in decreasing the motivation and increasing the resistance to use drugs. This study explored the relationship between area specific self-esteem and adolescent substance use. Participants (n = 700) completed a self-report questionnaire which included items measuring the use and expected use of selected substances. Results indicated significant differences in home and school self-esteem scores between users/expected users and non-users of a given substance for all 14 behavioral measures. Additionally, the peer, home, and school sub-scales as a set were found to distinguish between users and non-users for all 14 behavioral measures. Results should be of value to those designing prevention programming.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2190/DE.38.4.f
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Donnelly, Joseph; Young, Michael; Pearson, Rebecca; Penhollow, Tina M.; and Hernandez, Aida, "Area Specific Self-Esteem, Values, and Adolescent Substance Use" (2009). Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works. 75.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/public-health-facpubs/75
Published Citation
Donnelly, Joseph, Michael Young, Rebecca Pearson, Tina M. Penhollow, and Aida Hernandez. "Area specific self-esteem, values, and adolescent substance use." Journal of Drug Education 38, no. 4 (2008): 389-403. Harvard
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