The Relationship Between Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior, Risk and Protective Factors : Korean-American Adolescents in USA

청소년 약물사용과 비행과의 관계 및 보호요인과 위험요인에 관한 연구 - 재미 한인 청소년을 중심으로 -

The subjects for this study on delinquent behavior, substance use and risk/protective factors consisted of 301 Korean-American students in grades 6 to 12. Findings were that (1) the delinquent behavior rate of adolescents using alcohol, tobacco or other substances was higher than that of non-using adolescents, increasing the odds of delinquent behavior from 3 to 45 times. (2) The probability of delinquents in the substance users group was higher by 7 to 44 times than in the non-users group. (3) The relationship with delinquent behavior of risk factors and substance use was much stronger than the relationship with delinquent behavior of protective factors and substance use. (4) The strongest predictor of delinquent behavior or substance use was the peer-individual domain.