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Alcohol, Marijuana, and Perceptions of Influence on Social and Sexual Behavior Among African American Adolescent Female Detainees

Lindsay Danielle du Plessis, MPH

Health Research Association, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Rhonda Conerly Holliday, PhD

Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, East Point, Georgia, rholliday{at}msm.edu

Alyssa G. Robillard, PhD

African and African American Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe

Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD

Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, East Point, Georgia

Juvenile detainees comprise a population that engages in high-risk behavior. This study examined sexual risk and substance use behavior and the perceptions of African American female adolescent detainees (N = 765) regarding the influence of alcohol and marijuana use on their social and sexual behaviors. Overall, 58% and 64% reported alcohol and marijuana use, respectively. Alcohol's perceived influence on sexual behavior (p < .001) was significantly different between those who drank and those who did not; marijuana's influence on social (p < .01) and sexual (p < .001) behavior was significantly different between those who used marijuana and those who did not. There is a need for further study of the influence of substance use on social and sexual behavior among African American female adolescent detainees.

Key Words: alcohol use • marijuana use • social and sexual behavior • African American • female adolescent detainees

This version was published on July 1, 2009

Journal of Correctional Health Care, Vol. 15, No. 3, 197-209 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1078345809334873
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