@article{ref1,
title="Substance use among adolescents in California: a latent class analysis",
journal="Substance use and misuse",
year="2014",
author="Gilreath, Tamika D. and Astor, Ron Avi and Estrada, Joey N. and Johnson, Renee M. and Benbenishty, Rami and Unger, Jennifer Beth",
volume="49",
number="1-2",
pages="116-123",
abstract="Data from the California Healthy Kids Survey of 7th, 9th, and 11th graders were used to identify latent classes/clusters of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use (N = 418,702). Analyses revealed four latent classes of substance use, which included nonusers (61.1%), alcohol experimenters (some recent alcohol use; 22.8%), mild polysubstance users (lifetime use of all substances with less than 3 days of recent use; 9.2%), and frequent polysubstance users (used all substances three or more times in the past month; 6.9%). The results revealed that alcohol and marijuana use are salient to California adolescents. This information can be used to target and tailor school-based prevention efforts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1082-6084",
doi="10.3109/10826084.2013.824468",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2013.824468"
}