@article{ref1,
title="Encouraging the Disuse of Illicit Drugs Among At-Risk Youth",
journal="International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology",
year="2014",
author="Cheung, Chau-kiu and Ngai, Steven Sek-Yum",
volume="60",
number="6",
pages="640-656",
abstract="Youth at risk of illicit drug abuse and other delinquent acts are the target of social work services. Preventing or discouraging the use of illicit drugs among at-risk youth is a long-standing practical and research concern. For this reason, the preventive function of courage is a research gap the present study seeks to fill. The study collected data from 169 at-risk youths and their social workers with two-wave panel surveys. <br><br>RESULTS show that courage in Wave 1 presented a strong negative effect on illicit drug use in Wave 2 in the youth, controlling for illicit drug use in Wave 1 and background characteristics. Moreover, the negative effect was stronger when Wave 1 drug use was more likely. These results imply the helpfulness of encouraging at-risk youth to gather courage to resist the temptation to use illicit drugs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-624X",
doi="10.1177/0306624X14561432",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X14561432"
}