이웃환경과, 차별적 접촉의 효과가 마리화나 사용에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study investigates the effects of neighborhoods and different peer association on children and adolescents’ marijuana use. For doing so, this study utilized Akers’ SSSL (Social Structure and Social Learning) model to understand the relationship and partially test the SSSL model. Especially, this study has purposes to examine the mediation effects of one of core propositions of the differential association with deviant friends as well as conforming peers on marijuana use. The SSSL model, theoretically, predicts that differential association with deviant peers as well as with conforming peers mediates social disorganization of neighborhoods on adolescent drug use in a different direction. Using the data from 1,791 children and adolescents residing in Chicago, this study used multilevel regression analysis with robust standard error. The findings of the study suggests mixed supports for the SSSL model. That is, the results indicates there are not only mediation effects but also moderation effects of differential association on children and adolescents' drug use in the data. Contributions and suggestions for the future studies were discussed in result and discussion.