ABSTRACT

Purpose: Preventing substance use initiation (SUI) can reduce negative consequences associated with adult substance use disorder. The role of involvement with deviant peers, school connectedness, and parenting quality on SUI was investigated among a community sample (N = 387).

Method: PROCESS tested whether three parenting quality factors (Parental Knowledge and Affective Relationships, Parental Control, and Parental Communication and Involvement) served as moderators of two different mediation pathways (involvement with deviant peers and school connectedness) on three SUI outcomes (alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana).

Results: Involvement with deviant peers mediated the relation between school connectedness and substance use. Low school connectedness predicted high deviant peer affiliation, which, in turn, predicted high SUI. School connectedness did not mediate involvement with deviant peers and substance use. Parenting quality factors were not significant moderators.

Conclusion: Supporting adolescents who lack strong school connections may help prevent involvement with deviant peers, which, in turn, may prevent SUI.

摘要

目的：预防物质使用开始 (SUI) 可以减少与成人物质使用障碍相关的负面后果。在社区样本 ( N = 387) 中调查了与异常同龄人的参与、学校联系和育儿质量对 SUI 的影响。

方法：PROCESS 测试了三个育儿质量因素（父母知识和情感关系、父母控制以及父母沟通和参与）是否在三种 SUI 结果（酒精、香烟）上充当两种不同调解途径（与越轨同伴的参与和学校联系）的调节者和大麻）。

结果：与越轨同龄人的参与调解了学校联系与物质使用之间的关系。低学校连通性预示着高异常同伴关系，这反过来又预示着高 SUI。学校联系并没有调解与不正常的同龄人和物质使用的关系。育儿质量因素不是重要的调节因素。

结论：支持缺乏牢固学校关系的青少年可能有助于防止与不正常的同龄人交往，这反过来可能会预防 SUI。