496
Views
30
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Gender Differences in Drug Use, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Arrested Youths

, , , &
Pages 424-446 | Published online: 05 Nov 2010

REFERENCES

  • American Correctional Association & the Institute for Behavior & Health, Inc. ( 1991 ). Drug testing of juvenile detainees . Washington , DC : U.S. Deptartment of Justice .
  • Arbuckle , J. L. , & Wothke , W. ( 1999 ). Amos 4.0 user's guide . Chicago , IL : SPSS .
  • Arnett , J. ( 1992 ). Reckless behavior in adolescence: A developmental perspective . Developmental Review , 12 , 339 – 373 .
  • Barnes , G. B. , Welte , J. W. , & Hoffman , J. H. ( 2002 ). Relationship of alcohol use to delinquency and illicit drug use in adolescents: Gender, age, and racial/ethnic differences . Journal of Drug Issues , 32 , 153 – 178 .
  • Bartlett , R. , Holditch-Davis , D. , & Belyea , M. ( 2005 ). Clusters of problem behaviors . Research in Nursing & Health , 28 , 230 – 239 .
  • Basen-Engquist , K. , Edmundson , E. W. , & Parcel , G. S. ( 1996 ). Structure of health risk behavior among high school students . Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology , 74 , 764 – 775 .
  • Belenko , S. , Dembo , R. , Weiland , D. , Rollie , M. , Salvatore , C. , et al. ,. ( 2008 ). Recently arrested adolescents are at high-risk for sexually transmitted diseases . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 35 , 758 – 763 .
  • Belenko , S. , Sprott , J. B. , & Peterson , C. ( 2004 ). Drug and alcohol involvement among minority and female juvenile offenders: Treatment and policy issues . Criminal Justice Policy Review , 15 , 3 – 36 .
  • Bentler , P. M. (1990). Comparative fit indices in structural models. Psychological Bulletin , 107, 238–246.
  • Bonino , S. , Cattelino , E. , & Ciairano , S. ( 2003 ). Adolescents and risk: Behaviors, functions, and protective factors . Milan, Italy : Springer .
  • Browne , M. W. , & Cudeck , R. ( 1993 ). Alternative ways of assessing model fit . In K. A. Bollen & J. S. Long (Eds.), Testing structural equation models (pp. 136 – 162 ). Newbury Park , CA : Sage .
  • Canterbury , R. J. , McGarvey , E. L. , Sheldon-Keller , A. E. , Waite , D. , Reams , P. , & Koopman , C. ( 1995 ). Prevalence of HIV-related risk behaviors and STDs among incarcerated adolescents . Journal of Adolescent Health , 17 , 173 – 177 .
  • Castrucci , B. C. , & Martin , S. L. ( 2002 ). The association between substance use and risk sexual behaviors among incarcerated adolescents . Maternal and Child Health Journal , 3 , 43 – 47 .
  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) . ( 2006 ). Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2005 supplement, Chlamydia prevalence monitoring project annual report 2005 . Atlanta , GA : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) . ( 2008 ). Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among female adolescents in the United States: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2004 . Paper presented at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference , March 10 – 13 , Chicago , IL .
  • Chacko , M. , Barnes , C. , Wiemann , C. , & DiClemente , R. ( 2004 ). Implementation of urine testing for Chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhea (NGC) in a community clinic . Journal of Adolescent Health , 34 , 146 – 153 .
  • Crosby , R. A. , DiClemente , R. J. , Wingood , G. M. , Rose , E. , & Levine , D. ( 2003 ). Adjudication history and African American adolescents' risk for acquiring sexually transmitted diseases: An exploratory analysis . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 30 , 634 – 638 .
  • De Genna , N. M. , Cornelius , M. D. , & Cook , R. L. ( 2007 ). Marijuana use and sexually transmitted infections in young women who were teenage mothers . Women's Health Issues , 17 ( 5 ), 300 – 309 .
  • Dembo , R. , & Brown , R. ( 1994 ). The Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center . Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse , 3 , 25 – 43 .
  • Dembo , R. , & Schmeidler , J. ( 2002 ). Family empowerment intervention: An innovative service for high-risk youths and their families . Binghamton , NY : The Haworth Press .
  • Dembo , R. , Shemwell , M. , Guida , J. , Schmeidler , J. , Baumgartner , W. , et al. ,. ( 1999 ). Comparison of self-report, urine sample and hair testing for drug use: A longitudinal study . In T. Mieczkowski (Ed.), Drug testing methods: Assessment and evaluation (pp. 91 – 107 ). New York : CRC Press .
  • Dembo , R. , Wareham , J. , & Schmeidler , J. ( 2007 ). Drug use and delinquent involvement: A growth model of parallel processes among high risk youths . Criminal Justice and Behavior , 34 , 680 – 696 .
  • Dembo , R. , Williams , L. , Wothke , W. , Schmeidler , J. , Getreu , A. , et al. ,. ( 1992 ). The generality of deviance: Replication of a structural model among high risk youths . Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency , 29 , 200 – 216 .
  • Devine , D. , Long , P. , & Forehand , R. (1993). A prospective study of adolescent sexual activity: Description, correlates, and predictors. Advances in Behavior Research and Therapy , 15, 185–209.
  • DiClemente , R. J. ( 1991 ). Predictors of HIV-preventive sexual behavior in a high-risk adolescent population: The influence of perceived peer norms and sexual communication on incarcerated adolescents' consistent use of condoms . Journal of Adolescent Health , 12 , 385 – 390 .
  • DiClemente , R. J. , Crittenden , C. P. , Rose , E. , Sales , J. M. , Wingood , G. M. , et al. ,. ( 2008 ). Psychosocial predictors of HIV-associated sexual behaviors and the efficacy of prevention interventions in adolescents at risk for HIV infections: What works and what doesn't work? Psychosomatic Medicine , 70 , 598 – 605 .
  • DiClemente , R. J. , Lanier , M. M. , Horan , P. F. , & Lodico , M. ( 1991 ). Comparison of AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among incarcerated adolescents and a public school sample in San Francisco . American Journal of Public Health , 81 , 628 – 629 .
  • DiClemente , R. J. , Lodico , M. , Grinstead , O. A. , Harper , G. , Rickman , R. , et al. ,. ( 1996 ). African-American adolescents residing in high-risk urban environments do use condoms: Correlates and predictors of condom use among adolescents in public housing developments . Pediatrics , 98 , 269 – 277 .
  • Donovan , J. E. , & Jessor , R. ( 1985 ). Structure of problem behavior in adolescence and young adulthood . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 53 ( 6 ), 890 – 904 .
  • D'Unger , A. V. , Land , K. C. , & McCall , P. L. ( 2002 ). Sex differences in age patterns of delinquent/criminal careers: Results from poisson latent class analyses of the philadelphia cohort study . Journal of Quantitative Criminology , 18 , 349 – 375 .
  • Elliott , D. S. , Huizinga , D. , & Menard , S. ( 1989 ). Multiple problem youth . New York : Springer .
  • Elliott , D. S. , & Morse , B. ( 1989 ). Delinquency and drug use as risk factors in teenage sexual activity . Youth & Society , 21 , 32 – 60 .
  • Farrington , D. P. ( 1998 ). Predictors, causes, and correlates of male youth violence . In M. Tonry & M. H. Moore (Eds.), Youth violence Crime and justice: A review of the research, Vol. 24 (pp. 421 – 475 ). Chicago : University of Chicago Press .
  • Gillmore , M. R. , Hawkins , J. D. , Catalano , R. F. , Day , L. E. , Moore , M. , & Abbott , R. ( 1991 ). Structure of problem behaviors in preadolescence . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 59 , 499 – 506 .
  • Gullone , E. , & Moore , S. ( 2000 ). Adolescent risk-taking and the five-factor model of personality . Journal of Adolescence , 23 , 393 – 407 .
  • Halpern , C. T. , Hallfors , D. , Bauer , D. J. , Iritani , B. , Waller , M. W. , & Cho , H. ( 2004 ). Implications of racial and gender differences in patterns of adolescent risk behavior for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health , 36 , 239 – 247 .
  • Harwell , T. S. , Trino , R. , Rudy , B. , Yorkman , S. , & Gollub , E. L. ( 1999 ). Sexual activity, substance use, and HIV/STD knowledge among detained male adolescents with multiple versus first admission . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 26 , 265 – 271 .
  • Huizinga , D. , & Jakob-Chien , C. (1998). The contemporaneous co-occurrence of serious and violent juvenile offender and other problem behaviors. In R. Loeber & D. P. Farrington (Eds.), Serious and violent juvenile offenders: Risk factors and successful interventions (pp. 47–67). Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage.
  • Huizinga , D. , Loeber , R. , Thornberry , T. P. , & Cothern , L. ( 2000 ). Co-occurrence of delinquency and other problem behavior . Juvenile Justice Bulletin, November 2000 . Washington , DC : U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention .
  • Jemmott , L. S. , Outlaw , F. H. , Jemmott III , J. B. , Brown , E. J. , Howard , M. , & Hopkins , K. M. ( 2000 ). Strengthening the bond: The mother-son health promotion project . In W. Pequegnat & J. Szapocznik (Eds.), Working with families in the era of HIV/AIDS (pp. 133 – 151 ). Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage .
  • Jessor , R. , & Jessor , S. L. ( 1977 ). Problem behavior and psychosocial development: A longitudinal study of youth . New York : Academic Press .
  • Joesoef , M. R. , Kahn , R. H. , & Weinstock , H. S. ( 2006 ). Sexually transmitted diseases in incarcerated adolescents . Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases , 19 , 44 – 48 .
  • Kahn , R. H. , Mosure , D. J. , Blank , S. , Kent , C. K. , Chow , J. M. , et al. ,. ( 2005 ). Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae prevalence and coinfection in adolescents entering selected US juvenile detention centers . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 32 ( 4 ), 255 – 259 .
  • Kilpatrick , D. G. , Acierno , R. , Saunders , B. , Resnick , H. S. , Best , C. L. , & Schurr , P. P. ( 2000 ). Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and dependence: Data from a national sample . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 68 , 19 – 30 .
  • Kim , J. Y. S. , & Fendrich , M. ( 2002 ). Gender differences in juvenile arrestees' drug use, self-reported dependence, and perceived need for treatment . Psychiatric Services , 53 , 70 – 75 .
  • Kingree , J. B. , & Betz , H. ( 2003 ). Risky sexual behavior in relation to marijuana and alcohol use among African-American male adolescent detainees and their female partners . Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 72 , 197 – 203 .
  • Kingree , J. B. , Braithwaite , R. , & Woodring , T. ( 2000 ). Unprotected sex as a function of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescent detainees . Journal of Adolescent Health , 27 , 179 – 185 .
  • Kingree , J. B. , & Phan , D. L. ( 2001 ). Marijuana use and HIV risk among adolescent offenders: The moderating effect of age . Journal of Substance Abuse , 13 , 59 – 71 .
  • Kotchick , B. A. , Shaffer , A. , Forehand , R. , & Miller , K. S. ( 2001 ). Adolescent sexual risk behavior: A multi-system perspective . Clinical Psychology Review , 21 , 493 – 519 .
  • LeBlanc , M. L. , & Bouthillier , C. ( 2003 ). A developmental test of the general deviance syndrome with adjudicated girls and boys using hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis . Criminal Behavior and Mental Health , 13 , 81 – 105 .
  • LeBlanc , M. , & Girard , S. ( 1997 ). The generality of deviance: Replication over two decades with a Canadian sample of adjudicated boys . Canadian Journal of Criminology , 39 ( 2 ), 171 – 183 .
  • Levine , M. , & Singer , S. I. ( 1988 ). Delinquency, substance abuse, and risk taking in middle-class adolescents . Behavioral Sciences & the Law , 6 , 385 – 400 .
  • Lipsey , M. W. , & Wilson , D. B. (1998). Effective intervention for serious juvenile offenders: A synthesis of research. In R. Loeber & D. P. Farrington (Eds.), Serious and violent juvenile offenders: Risk factors and successful interventions (pp. 313–345). Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage.
  • Lofy , K. H. , Hofmann , J. , Mosure , D. J. , Fine , D. N. , & Marrazzo , J. M. ( 2006 ). Chlamydial infections among female adolescents screened in juvenile detention centers in Washington State, 1998–2002 . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 33 , 63 – 67 .
  • Malow , R. M. , Devieux , J. G. , Jennings , T. , Lucenko , B. A. , & Kalichman , S. C. ( 2001 ). Substance-abusing adolescents at varying levels of HIV risk: Psychosocial characteristics, drug use, and sexual behavior . Journal of Substance Abuse , 13 , 103 – 117 .
  • Mazerolle , P. , Brame , R. , Paternoster , R. , Piquero , A. , & Dean , C. ( 2000 ). Onset age, persistence, and offending versatility: Comparisons across gender . Criminology , 38 , 1143 – 1172 .
  • McClelland , G. M. , Elkington , K. S. , Teplin , L. A. , & Abram , K. M. ( 2004 ). Multiple substance use disorders in juvenile detainees . The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 43 , 1215 – 1224 .
  • McKernan McKay , M. , Taber Chase , K. , Paikoff , R. L. , McKinney , L. D. , Baptiste , D. , et al. ,. ( 2004 ). Family-level impact of the CHAMP family program: A community collaborative effort to support urban families and reduce youth HIV risk exposure . Family Process , 43 , 79 – 93 .
  • Mertz , K. J. , Voigt , R. A. , Hutchins , K. , & Levine , W. C. ( 2002 ). Findings from STD screening of adolescents and adults entering corrections facilities: Implications for STD control strategies . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 29 , 834 – 839 .
  • Moffitt , T. E. ( 1994 ). Natural histories of delinquency . In E. G. M. Weitekamp & H. J. Kerner (Eds.), Cross-national longitudinal research on human development and criminal behavior (pp. 3 – 61 ). Dordrecht , The Netherlands : Kluwer Academic .
  • Moffitt , T. E. , Caspi , A. , Harrington , H. , & Milne , B. J. ( 2002 ). Males on the life-course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: Follow-up at age 26 years . Development & Psychopathology , 14 , 179 – 207 .
  • Morris , R. E. , Baker , C. J. , Valentine , M. , & Pennisi , A. J. ( 1998 ). Variations in HIV risk behaviors of incarcerated juveniles during a four-year period . Journal of Adolescent Health , 23 , 39 – 48 .
  • Morris , R. E. , Harrison , E. A. , Knox , G. W. , Tromanhauser , E. , Marquis , D. K. , & Watts , L. L. ( 1995 ). Health risk behavioral survey from 39 juvenile correctional facilities in the United States . Journal of Adolescent Health , 17 , 334 – 344 .
  • Muthén , L. K. , & Muthén , B. O. ( 2007 ). Mplus user's guide () , 5th edition . Los Angeles , CA : Muthén & Muthén .
  • Neff , J. L. , & Waite , D. E. ( 2007 ). Male versus female substances abuse patterns among incarcerated juvenile offenders: Comparing strain and social learning variables . Justice Quarterly , 24 , 106 – 132 .
  • Office of Applied Studies . ( 2003 ). Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings . Rockville , MD : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration .
  • Office of Applied Studies. (2004). Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings . Rockville , MD : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
  • Otto-Salaj , L. L. , Gore-Felton , C. , McGarvey , E. , & Canterbury , R. J. ( 2002 ). Psychiatric functioning and substance use: Factors associated with HIV risk among incarcerated adolescents . Child Psychiatry & Human Development , 33 , 91 – 106 .
  • Pack , R. P. , DiClemente , R. J. , Hook , E. W. , & Oh , K. M. ( 2000 ). High prevalence of asymptomatic STDs in incarcerated minority male youth: A case for screening . Sexually Transmitted Disease , 27 , 175 – 177 .
  • Robertson , A. A. , & Levin , M. L. ( 1999 ). AIDS knowledge, condom attitudes, and risk-taking sexual behavior of substance-abusing juvenile offenders on probation or parole . AIDS Education Prevention , 11 ( 5 ), 450 – 461 .
  • Robertson , A. A. , Thomas , C. B. , St. Lawrence , J. S. , & Pack , R. ( 2005 ). Predictors of infection with Chlamydia and gonorrhea in incarcerated adolescents . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 32 , 115 – 122 .
  • Rosengard , C. , Stein , L. A. R. , Barnett , N. P. , Monti , P. M. , Golembeske , C. , & Lebeau-Craven , R. ( 2006 ). Co-occurring sexual risk and substance use behaviors among incarcerated adolescents . Journal of Correctional Health Care , 12 , 279 – 287 .
  • Shafer , M. A. , Hilton , J. F. , Ekstrand , M. , Keogh , J. , Gee , L. , et al. ,. ( 1993 ). Relationship between drug use and sexual behaviors and the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk male youth . Sexually Transmitted Diseases , 20 , 307 – 313 .
  • Silverthorn , P. , & Frick , P. J. ( 1999 ). Developmental pathways to antisocial behavior: The delayed-onset pathway in girls . Development and Psychopathology , 11 , 101 – 126 .
  • St. Lawrence , J. S. , Crosby , R. A. , Belcker , L. , Yazdani , N. , & Brasfield , T. L. ( 1999 ). Sexual risk reduction and anger management interventions for incarcerated male adolescents: A randomized controlled trial of two interventions . Journal of Sex Education and Therapy , 24 , 9 – 17 .
  • Stahl , A. , Finnegan , T. , & Kang , W. ( 2008 ). Easy access to juvenile court statistics: 1985–2005 . Available at: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezajcs
  • Steiger , J. H. , & Lind , J. C. ( 1980 , May ). Statistically-based tests for the number of common factors . Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society , Iowa City , IA .
  • Stevens , S. J. , Hasler , J. , Murphy , B. S. , Taylor , R. , Senior , M. , & Barron , M. ( 2003 ). La Canada adolescent treatment program: Addressing issues of drug use, gender, and trauma . In S. J. Stevens & A. R. Morral (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse treatment in the United States: Exemplary models from a national evaluation study (pp. 183 – 209 ). Binghamton , NY : The Haworth Press .
  • Teplin , L. A. , Elkington , K. S. , McClelland , G. M. , Abram , K. M. , Mericle , A. A. , & Washburn , J. J. ( 2005 ). Major mental disorders, substance use disorders, comorbidity, and HIV-AIDS risk behaviors in juvenile detainees . Psychiatric Services , 56 , 823 – 828 .
  • Teplin , L. A. , Mericle , A. A. , McClelland , G. M. , & Abram , K. M. ( 2003 ). HIV and AIDS risk behaviors in juvenile detainees: Implications for public health policy . American Journal of–Public Health , 93 , 906 – 912 .
  • Timmermans , M. , Van Lier , P. A. , & Koot , H. M. (2007). Which forms of child/adolescent externalizing behaviors account for late adolescent risky sexual behavior and substance use? Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry , 49, 386–394.
  • Tolou-Shams , M. , Brown , L. K. , Gordon , G. , & Fernandez , I. ( 2007 ). Arrest history as an indicator of adolescent/young adult substance use and HIV risk . Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 88 , 87 – 90 .
  • Tucker , L. R. , & Lewis , C. ( 1973 ). A reliability coefficient for maximum likelihood factor analysis . Psychometrika , 38 , 1 – 10 .
  • Van Lier , P. A. , Wanner , B. , & Vitaro , F. ( 2007 ). Onset of antisocial behavior, affiliation with deviant friends, and childhood maladjustment: A test of the childhood and adolescent-onset models . Development and Psychopathology , 19 , 167 – 185 .
  • Wei , Z. , Makkai , T. , & McGregor , K. ( 2003 , June ). Drug use among a sample of juvenile detainees. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 258. Australian Institute of Criminology. Available at: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/4/7/B/%7B47B9590D-E4AE-47A9-8C01-74A34CBE0499%7Dtandi258.pdf
  • Welsh , B. C. ( 2005 ). Public health and the prevention of juvenile criminal violence . Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice , 3 , 23 – 40 .
  • Welte , J. W. , Barnes , G. M. , & Hoffman , J. H. ( 2004 ). Gambling, substance use, and other problem behaviors among youth: A test of general deviance models . Journal of Criminal Justice , 32 , 297 – 306 .
  • Widaman , K. F. , & Reise , S. P. ( 1997 ). Exploring the measurement invariance of psychological instruments: Applications in the substance use domain . In K. J. Bryant , M. Windle , & S. B. West (Eds.), The science of prevention (pp. 281 – 324 ). Washington , DC : American Psychological Association .
  • Yu , C. Y. , & Muthén , B. ( 2001 ). Evaluation of model fit indices for latent variable models with categorical and continuous outcomes (Technical Report) . Los Angeles : University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.