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SOCIAL SELF-CONTROL AND ADOLESCENT SUSBTANCE USE
by
Pallav Pokhrel
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PREVENTIVE MEDICINE)
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Pallav Pokhrel
Object Description
| Title | Social self-control and adolescent substance use |
| Author | Pokhrel, Pallav |
| Author email | pokhrel@usc.edu; pallav429@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior) |
| School | Keck School of Medicine |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-09-14 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-12-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sussman, Steven |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rohrbach, Louise A. Unger, Jennifer B. Sun, Ping Palinkas, Lawrence |
| Abstract | The present dissertation project examined social self-control in the context of adolescent substance use behavior. Social self-control is a relatively understudied dispositional variable that measures individuals’ self-control in social situations or interpersonal interactions. One of the primary aims of the present project was to examine whether the lack of social self-control predisposed adolescents for higher substance use (cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use). A lack of social self-control may adversely affect adolescents’ ability to form prosocial bonds, engage in prosocial activities, and build an adaptive social support network. In addition, adolescents lacking in social self-control may experience higher interpersonal conflicts and negative life events. Thus, lacking social self-control may make adolescents vulnerable to a number of proximal risk factors of substance use such as deviant peer affiliation and stressful life events. We collected two sets of 1-year prospective data from adolescents representing Regular and Continuation (alternative) high school students in Southern California. In addition to examining the relation between social self-control and substance use, we examined the construct validity of social self-control and examined the relationships of social self-control with sensation seeking and sense of coherence. Across both datasets, we found that higher social self-control was a unique predictor of lower substance use 1 year later. For regular high school students, a higher social self-control at baseline predicted higher sense of coherence 1 year later. Hence, it appears that social self-control is an important predictor of adolescent health and well-being. |
| Keyword | adolescents; social self-control; substance use |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2785 |
| Rights | Pokhrel, Pallav |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Pokhrel-3323 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Pokhrel-3323.pdf |
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| Full text | SOCIAL SELF-CONTROL AND ADOLESCENT SUSBTANCE USE by Pallav Pokhrel A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PREVENTIVE MEDICINE) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Pallav Pokhrel |
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