TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Use of violence as a strategy of early adolescents for rejecting drug offers in Mexican cities
JO  - Revista Mexicana de Psicología
A1  - Cutrín, Olalla
A1  - Avalos, Marvyn R. Arévalo
A1  - Corona, M. Dolores
A1  - Nuño-Gutiérrez, Bertha L.
A1  - Medina-Mora, M. Elena
A1  - Real, Tania
A1  - Mendoza-Meléndez, Miguel Ángel
A1  - Lara-Valencia, Francisco
A1  - Ayers, Stephanie L.
A1  - Kulis, Stephen S.
A1  - Marsiglia, Flavio F.
SP  - 18
EP  - 30
VL  - 39
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0185-6073
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -