TY - JOUR
T1 - Poly-product drug use disparities in adolescents of lower socioeconomic status
T2 - Emerging trends in nicotine products, marijuana products, and prescription drugs
AU - Bello, Mariel S.
AU - Khoddam, Rubin
AU - Stone, Matthew D.
AU - Cho, Junhan
AU - Yoon, Yoewon
AU - Lee, Jungeun Olivia
AU - Leventhal, Adam M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Greater diversification of nicotine products, marijuana products, and prescription drugs have contributed to increasing trends in adolescent poly-product use—concurrent use of 2 or more drugs—within these drug classes (e.g., nicotine use via e-cigarettes, hookah, cigars). Extant work suggests that poly-product drug use disparities may be disproportionately heightened among youth from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds, however, it is unknown whether indicators of objective SES or subjective SES differentially increase risk of poly-product use including these newly emerging drugs. This study examined associations of parental education and subjective social status (SSS: perceptions of social standing compared to society [societal SSS] or school [school SSS]) with poly-product use of nicotine products, marijuana products, and prescription drugs among adolescents (N = 2218). Lower parental education and school SSS were associated with increased odds of past or current single, dual, or multiple product use of nicotine, marijuana, and prescription drugs. Findings suggest that risk for poly-product use of emerging drugs are higher for adolescents who endorse lower perceived social standing relative to peers at school and who were from a lower parental SES background.
AB - Greater diversification of nicotine products, marijuana products, and prescription drugs have contributed to increasing trends in adolescent poly-product use—concurrent use of 2 or more drugs—within these drug classes (e.g., nicotine use via e-cigarettes, hookah, cigars). Extant work suggests that poly-product drug use disparities may be disproportionately heightened among youth from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds, however, it is unknown whether indicators of objective SES or subjective SES differentially increase risk of poly-product use including these newly emerging drugs. This study examined associations of parental education and subjective social status (SSS: perceptions of social standing compared to society [societal SSS] or school [school SSS]) with poly-product use of nicotine products, marijuana products, and prescription drugs among adolescents (N = 2218). Lower parental education and school SSS were associated with increased odds of past or current single, dual, or multiple product use of nicotine, marijuana, and prescription drugs. Findings suggest that risk for poly-product use of emerging drugs are higher for adolescents who endorse lower perceived social standing relative to peers at school and who were from a lower parental SES background.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Health disparities
KW - Poly-product use
KW - Socioeconomic status
KW - Subjective social status
KW - Substance use
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058409769&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.brat.2018.11.014
DO - 10.1016/j.brat.2018.11.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 30558744
AN - SCOPUS:85058409769
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 115
SP - 103
EP - 110
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
ER -