TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways to adult marijuana and cocaine use
T2 - A prospective study of african americans from age 6 to 42
AU - Fothergill, Kate E.
AU - Ensminger, Margaret E.
AU - Green, Kerry M.
AU - Robertson, Judith A.
AU - Juon, Hee Soon
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This study examines pathways to adult marijuana and cocaine use in a cohort of African Americans from Woodlawn, an inner city community in Chicago. Assessments were conducted in first grade (age 6), adolescence (age 16), early adulthood (age 32), and in mid-adulthood (age 42). The "social adaptation life course" framework guided the focus on social adaptation, social bonds, and economic resources as predictors of adult drug use. Results indicate that more frequent substance use in adolescence and lower-income and less-frequent church attendance in early adulthood increase the risk of mid-life drug use. Shyness in first grade related inversely to later cocaine use and marijuana use (marginally significant). Indirect pathways to drug use also were identified. Gender differences were not significant. The findings show continuities in social maladaptation over time and the importance of social integration and economic resources in the early adult years.
AB - This study examines pathways to adult marijuana and cocaine use in a cohort of African Americans from Woodlawn, an inner city community in Chicago. Assessments were conducted in first grade (age 6), adolescence (age 16), early adulthood (age 32), and in mid-adulthood (age 42). The "social adaptation life course" framework guided the focus on social adaptation, social bonds, and economic resources as predictors of adult drug use. Results indicate that more frequent substance use in adolescence and lower-income and less-frequent church attendance in early adulthood increase the risk of mid-life drug use. Shyness in first grade related inversely to later cocaine use and marijuana use (marginally significant). Indirect pathways to drug use also were identified. Gender differences were not significant. The findings show continuities in social maladaptation over time and the importance of social integration and economic resources in the early adult years.
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U2 - 10.1177/002214650905000105
DO - 10.1177/002214650905000105
M3 - Article
C2 - 19413135
AN - SCOPUS:66149131429
SN - 0022-1465
VL - 50
SP - 65
EP - 81
JO - Journal of health and social behavior
JF - Journal of health and social behavior
IS - 1
ER -