TY - JOUR
T1 - Sense of belonging in school as a protective factor against drug abuse among native american urban adolescents
AU - Napoli, Maria
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio
AU - Kulis, Stephen
PY - 2003/3/1
Y1 - 2003/3/1
N2 - This article presents the results of a study conducted with 243 Native American students who were part of a multi-ethnic sample of adolescents attending middle school in a large urban center in the Southwest region of the United States. Native adolescents who felt a stronger sense of belonging in their school were found to report a lower lifetime use of alcohol and cigarettes, lower cigarette and marijuana use in the previous month, lower frequency of current use of these substances, fewer substances ever used, and a later age of initiation into drug use than other Native students. Research implications are discussed in relationship to school environment, culturally-grounded prevention curricula, and school social work practice.
AB - This article presents the results of a study conducted with 243 Native American students who were part of a multi-ethnic sample of adolescents attending middle school in a large urban center in the Southwest region of the United States. Native adolescents who felt a stronger sense of belonging in their school were found to report a lower lifetime use of alcohol and cigarettes, lower cigarette and marijuana use in the previous month, lower frequency of current use of these substances, fewer substances ever used, and a later age of initiation into drug use than other Native students. Research implications are discussed in relationship to school environment, culturally-grounded prevention curricula, and school social work practice.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Drug use
KW - Native Americans
KW - School belonging
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U2 - 10.1300/J160v03n02_03
DO - 10.1300/J160v03n02_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247454159
SN - 1533-256X
VL - 3
SP - 25
EP - 41
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
IS - 2
ER -