Academic performance, popularity, and depression predict adolescent substance use

Adolescence. Spring 2003;38(149):35-42.

Abstract

Eighty-nine high school seniors completed a questionnaire on their feelings and activities, including their use of drugs. Adolescents with a low grade point average, high popularity, and high depression were more likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and smoke marijuana than were their peers. Cigarette and alcohol use predicted marijuana use, which in turn predicted cocaine use.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Depression / epidemiology*
  • Depression / psychology*
  • Educational Status*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Social Desirability*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / etiology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires