TY - JOUR
T1 - Culturally specific youth substance abuse resistance skills
T2 - Applicability across the U.S.-Mexico Border
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio
AU - Kulis, Stephen
AU - Martinez Rodriguez, Gregorio
AU - Becerra, David
AU - Castillo, Jason
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - This article reports on the prevalence and frequency of use of a set of drug-resistance strategies among a sample of Mexican adolescents. The keepin' it REAL (refuse, explain, avoid, and leave) strategies are part of a model drug-prevention intervention program originally developed by and for youth in the United States. The present study tests the applicability of these drug-resistance strategies among Mexican youth from Monterrey, Mexico. The sample consisted of 327 adolescents, mostly aged 15 and 16, attending two public high schools. Findings indicate that most Mexican adolescents in this sample utilized each of the REAL strategies to deal with offers of alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana, and other types of strategies were used only in combination with the REAL strategies. Use of the strategies varied by gender, age, and level of exposure to offers of substances, but there were no differences by socioeconomic status or academic performance.
AB - This article reports on the prevalence and frequency of use of a set of drug-resistance strategies among a sample of Mexican adolescents. The keepin' it REAL (refuse, explain, avoid, and leave) strategies are part of a model drug-prevention intervention program originally developed by and for youth in the United States. The present study tests the applicability of these drug-resistance strategies among Mexican youth from Monterrey, Mexico. The sample consisted of 327 adolescents, mostly aged 15 and 16, attending two public high schools. Findings indicate that most Mexican adolescents in this sample utilized each of the REAL strategies to deal with offers of alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana, and other types of strategies were used only in combination with the REAL strategies. Use of the strategies varied by gender, age, and level of exposure to offers of substances, but there were no differences by socioeconomic status or academic performance.
KW - Gender differences
KW - Mexican youth
KW - Resistance strategies
KW - Substance use
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U2 - 10.1177/1049731507303886
DO - 10.1177/1049731507303886
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:59549099297
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 19
SP - 152
EP - 164
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 2
ER -