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An examination of Akers' Social Strcture and Social Learning Model with PHDCN Data  

Kim, Eunyoung (Department of Police Administration University of Kwandong)
Park Junseok (Department of security Services, University of yongin)
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Journal of the Society of Disaster Information / v.8, no.4, 2012 , pp. 384-390 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study attempts to test the effects of neighborhoods on children and adolescents' alcohol, cigarette and marijuana use. Theoretically, this study was guided by Akers' (1998) SSSL model as potential explanations for understanding the linkage and provided partial test of the model. More specifically, it aims to test the mediation effects of one of core propositions of the SSSL model; whether differential association with deviant peers as well as with conforming peers mediates social disorganization of neighborhoods on adolescent substance and drug use in a different direction. Using multilevel regression techniques with robust standard error, this study utilized data from 1,791 children and adolescents who were nested in 80 neighborhoods in Chicago. The findings of the study provide mixed supports for the SSSL model. That is, it found that there are not only mediation effects but also moderation effects of differential association on children and adolescents' substance and drug use.
Keywords
socialStructure; socialLearningModel; alcohol; cigarette; marijuana; multilevel; regression analysis;
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