Adolescent drug use and attitudes toward the family.

Abstract
The evaluative dimensions of adolescents'' perceptions of the family as a unit was determined and then related to the use of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. A questionnaire was administered anonymously to 286 9th grade students in 7 semi-rural southern Ontario [Canada] high schools. Item intercorrelations were factored and the 6 factors extracted were related to drug use behaviors using correlational and regression techniques. The factors extracted were: warmth, support and interest, organization, disinterest, parents'' togetherness, unsocial and general excitability. For the males warmth, support and interest related negatively and significantly to the use of alcohol and tobacco, while for the females this factor related negatively and significantly to the use of all 3 drugs. For the females, unsocial related negatively and significantly to the use of alcohol while disinterest related positively and significantly to the use of marijuana.

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