Depression and substance use in minority middle-school students

Investigated the association between depression and substance use among minority (predominantly Hispanic American) middle school students. Student surveys indicated that depressive symptoms were strongly and positively related to self-reported substance use. Risk of substance use increased in a dose...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2001-05, Vol.91 (5), p.761-766
Hauptverfasser:	Kelder, SH, Murray, NG, Orpinas, P, Prokhorov, A, McReynolds, L, Zhang, Q, Roberts, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Achievement Adolescent Adult and adolescent clinical studies African Americans Alcohol Alcohol use Biological and medical sciences Child Child psychology Cocaine Comorbidity Cross-Sectional Studies Depression Depression (Psychology) Depression - epidemiology Depression - prevention & control Depressive Disorder - epidemiology Depressive Disorder - prevention & control Drug use Early Adolescents Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data Ethnicity Female Health Behavior Hispanic American Students Hispanic Americans Houston Humans Intervention Likelihood Functions Longitudinal studies Male Marijuana Medical sciences Mental depression Middle School Students Middle Schools Minority & ethnic groups Minority Group Children Minority groups Mood disorders Parents & parenting Prevalence Prevention programs Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public health Questionnaires Race Risk Factors Risk Taking Behavior School districts Smoking Solvent abuse Students Students - psychology Substance Abuse Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control Teenagers Texas - epidemiology USA Violence
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Zusammenfassung:	Investigated the association between depression and substance use among minority (predominantly Hispanic American) middle school students. Student surveys indicated that depressive symptoms were strongly and positively related to self-reported substance use. Risk of substance use increased in a dose-response fashion with each higher level of depression symptom frequency. (SM)
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.91.5.761