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Parental Influences on African American Adolescent Marijuana Use

McDade, Rhyanne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378113953

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2013, MS, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Health Education.
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of parental factors on annual (past year) marijuana use in African American youth within the Greater Cincinnati area. The following research questions were examined for this study: 1) Do family structure, parental education and parental job status impact African American adolescent marijuana use? 2) Does impact of all these variables differ based on sex and grade? Participants were African American students in 7th through 12th grade (N = 7488) in public and private schools within the Greater Cincinnati area. Logistic regression analyses revealed that annual marijuana use differed based on family structure, parental education, and parental job status. More specifically, annual marijuana use was highest among students not living with both parents, students who had parents with a high school diploma/GED or less, and students who had parents who were unemployed. This held true for males, females, junior high and high school students, with one exception family structure did not significantly impact male marijuana use. Findings should be considered by health educators and preventionists when developing programs and efforts to prevent youth marijuana use.
Keith King, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Vidourek, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Education
African American Adolescent; Marijuana Use; Parental Influence; parental factors; youth marijuana use

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  • McDade, R. (2013). Parental Influences on African American Adolescent Marijuana Use [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378113953

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McDade, Rhyanne. Parental Influences on African American Adolescent Marijuana Use. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378113953.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McDade, Rhyanne. "Parental Influences on African American Adolescent Marijuana Use." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378113953

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