@article{ref1,
title="Use of violence as a strategy of early adolescents for rejecting drug offers in Mexican cities",
journal="Revista Mexicana de Psicología",
year="2022",
author="Cutrín, Olalla and Avalos, Marvyn R. Arévalo and Corona, M. Dolores and Nuño-Gutiérrez, Bertha L. and Medina-Mora, M. Elena and Real, Tania and Mendoza-Meléndez, Miguel Ángel and Lara-Valencia, Francisco and Ayers, Stephanie L. and Kulis, Stephen S. and Marsiglia, Flavio F.",
volume="39",
number="1",
pages="18-30",
abstract="Drug use and violence are two interconnected problems in violent urban contexts, leading to coercive drug offers. In this study, relationships between drug use, use of violence as a strategy for rejecting drug offers, and exposure to neighborhood violence were analyzed in Mexican students. Data were obtained through a self-report survey and focus groups with lower secondary students in three Mexican metropolitan areas. Both quantitative and qualitative results indicated that students who had used or would use violence as a strategy for rejecting drug offers presented a more problematic psychosocial profile, with exposure to neighborhood violence as the main predictor. These results suggest that Mexican students in violent cities may resort to violence as a strategy for rejecting drug offers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0185-6073",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}