Background
Despite insidious effects,
use of inhalant substances by adolescents remains an understudied phenomenon.
Objective
This research was designed
to identify patterns of past year substance use and delinquency among adolescent
inhalant users.
Method
The study used a sample of
adolescent inhalant users (ages ranged from 12-17 years, n = 7,476) taken from
a pooled sample of the 2002 through 2012 National Survey of Drug Use and Health
(NSDUH). Three-step latent class analyses were conducted with past year
substance use and delinquency behaviors as class indicators. Demographic and
social covariates were included in the analyses.
Results
Analyses yielded a six-class
solution comprised of classes of users characterized by low substance use/low
delinquency, high substance use/low delinquency, low substance use/fighting,
cigarettes/alcohol/marijuana, high substance use/high delinquency, and
cigarettes/alcohol/marijuana/opioids/moderate delinquency.
Conclusions
Findings provide insight
into the taxonomy of adolescent inhalant user heterogeneity, and may inform
future efforts at detection and prevention of inhalant use by suggesting
warning signs of co-occurring externalizing behaviors and possible indications
of underlying internalized issues.
Below: Six class solution for the subsample of adolescent inhalant users (12-17 years old)
Full article at: http://goo.gl/lkcGSY
By:
Claremont Graduate
University, Department of Psychology, Claremont, Califonia, USA
Address correspondence to Brandon Nakawaki, Claremont
Graduate University, Department of Psychology, 123 E 8th St, Claremont, CA
91711, USA. Email: ude.ugc@ikawakan.nodnarb
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