TY - JOUR
T1 - Promotion as prevention
T2 - Positive youth development as protective against tobacco, alcohol, illicit drug, and sex initiation
AU - Schwartz, Seth J.
AU - Phelps, Erin
AU - Lerner, Jacqueline V.
AU - Huang, Shi
AU - Brown, C. Hendricks
AU - Lewin-Bizan, Selva
AU - Li, Yibing
AU - Lerner, Richard M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the National 4-H Council (R. Lerner, PI), and by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant DA019409 (S. Schwartz, PI).
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - The present study was designed to examine the association of positive youth development with the likelihood of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hard drug, and sex initiation between 5th and 10th grades. A national, largely middle-class sample of 5,305 adolescents, participating in a longitudinal study funded by the National 4-H Council (although not all participants were enrolled in 4-H or other after-school programs), completed measures of positive youth development (PYD) constructs and of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use once per year between 5th and 10th grades. At the 9th and 10th grade assessments, adolescents were asked whether they had initiated sexual intercourse and, if so, at what age they had first engaged in intercourse. Although the present sample was somewhat lower risk compared to national averages, survival analysis models indicated that PYD was significantly and negatively associated with the initiation hazards for tobacco use, marijuana use, and sex initiation for girls only, and with hard drug use for both genders. PYD was also positively associated with the odds of condom use across genders. Results are discussed with regard to PYD as a preventive process.
AB - The present study was designed to examine the association of positive youth development with the likelihood of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hard drug, and sex initiation between 5th and 10th grades. A national, largely middle-class sample of 5,305 adolescents, participating in a longitudinal study funded by the National 4-H Council (although not all participants were enrolled in 4-H or other after-school programs), completed measures of positive youth development (PYD) constructs and of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use once per year between 5th and 10th grades. At the 9th and 10th grade assessments, adolescents were asked whether they had initiated sexual intercourse and, if so, at what age they had first engaged in intercourse. Although the present sample was somewhat lower risk compared to national averages, survival analysis models indicated that PYD was significantly and negatively associated with the initiation hazards for tobacco use, marijuana use, and sex initiation for girls only, and with hard drug use for both genders. PYD was also positively associated with the odds of condom use across genders. Results are discussed with regard to PYD as a preventive process.
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U2 - 10.1080/10888691.2010.516186
DO - 10.1080/10888691.2010.516186
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78149233246
SN - 1088-8691
VL - 14
SP - 197
EP - 211
JO - Applied Developmental Science
JF - Applied Developmental Science
IS - 4
ER -