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CANADIANA MAY 31 1994 Substance Use Among Alberta Adolescents: Prevalence and related factors m PREMIER'S COUNCIL IN S UPPOm OF ALBERTA FAMILIES SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ALBERTA ADOLESCENTS: PREVALENCE AND RELATED FACTORS by Lx)me D. Bertrand, Ph.D., and Ronald B. Smith, M.A., Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family Floyd H. Bolitho, Ph.D. Faculty of Social Work, The University of Calgary and Joseph P. Homick, Ph.D. Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family February 1994 Alberta Family and Social Services Cataloguing in Publication Data Copyright ® Premier's Council in Support of Alberta Families and Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family 1994 Premier's Council in Support of Alberta Families Substance Use Among Alberta Adolescents: Prevalence and related factors ISBN 0-7732-1259-0 1. Teenagers - Alberta - Substance use - Statistics I. Bertrand, Lome D. HV 4999.Y68 S9 1994 Additional copies are available from: Premier's Council in Support of Alberta Families Hilltop House, 9910 - 103 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5K 0X8 Phone: (403) 422-0475 Fax: (403)427-2117 THE PREMIER'S COUNCIL IN S UPPORT Of ALBERTA FAMILIES Table of Contents Page List of Figures and Tables (vi) Acknowledgements (vii) 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 The Problem 1 1.2 Objectives of the Study 2 2.0 Research Methodology 3 2.1 Research Design and Procedures 3 2.2 Sampling Strategy 4 2.3 Nature of the Data Sets 4 2.4 Research Instruments 6 2.5 Data Analysis Strategy 6 2.6 Limitations of the Study 7 3.0 Prevalence and Frequency of Substance Use 8 3.1 Prevalence 9 3.2 Frequency 11 4.0 Demographic Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 13 4.1 Adolescent Demographics 13 4.2 Family Demographics 15 (iii) Page 5.0 Family Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 18 5.1 Parental Substance Use 19 5.2 Family Characteristics 21 6.0 Interpersonal and School Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 23 6. 1 Influence of Peers 24 6.2 School Factors • 27 6.3 Extracurricular Activities 30 7.0 Intrapersonal Factors Associated With Adolescent Substance Use 33 7. 1 Sexual Behaviour 34 7.2 Psychological and Personality Variables 34 8.0 Summary and Conclusions 36 8.1 Prevalence and Frequency of Adolescent Substance Use in Alberta 36 8.2 Demographic Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 37 8.3 Family Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 37 8.4 Interpersonal and School Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 38 8.5 Intrapersonal Factors Associated with Adolescent Substance Use 39 8.6 Conclusions 39 (iv) Page References 41 Appendix A: Supporting Tables (V) List of Figures and Tables Page Figure 3.1 Prevalence of Adolescent Substance Use in Lifetime, Past Twelve Months, and Past 10 Four Weeks Figure 3.2 Frequency of Adolescent Substance Use in Past Twelve Months 12 Table 4. 1 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using Substances by Adolescent Demographic Characteristics 14 Table 4.2 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using 16 Substances by Family Demographic Characteristics Table 5.1 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using 20 Substances by Parent User/Non-user of Substances in the Home in the Past 12 Months Table 5.2 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using Substances by Family Characteristics 22 25 Table 6. 1 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using Substances by Substance Use Among Peers Table 6.2 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using 26 Substances by Perceived Pressure from Peers to Use Substances Table 6.3 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using 28 Substances by Peer Attitudes Toward Substance Use Table 6.4 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using Substances by School Related Factors 29 Table 6.5 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using Substances by Participation in Extracurricular Activities 31 Table 7. 1 Number of Adolescent Respondents Ever Using Substances by Intrapersonal Factors 35 (vi) Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/substanceuseannonOObert