Citation

Grigsby TJ, Forster M, Soto DW, Unger JB. J. Ethn. Subst. Abuse 2016; 16(2): 137-154.

Affiliation

a Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15332640.2015.1108255

PMID

26822557

Abstract

We examine whether peer substance use and cultural factors differentially influence the initiation of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescence and emerging adulthood (EA) among a community-based sample of Hispanics. Participants provided data in 11th grade (M = 16.8 years old, SD = 0.54) and emerging adulthood (M = 20.3 years old, SD = 0.6). Peer tobacco use had a stronger association with initiation of tobacco use in emerging adulthood (OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.13, 1.89) than in adolescence (OR = 1.20, 95% CI = 1.03, 1.40), but this pattern was not observed with initiation of alcohol or marijuana use. Cultural orientation is associated with initiation of tobacco use during EA but not with initiation of alcohol or marijuana use.

Language: en