TY - JOUR
T1 - Gendered Pathways? Gender, Mediating Factors, and the Gap in Boys' and Girls' Substance Use
AU - Whaley, Rachel Bridges
AU - Hayes-Smith, Justin
AU - Hayes-Smith, Rebecca
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - A gender gap in alcohol and drug use exists but is somewhat smaller than the gender gap in other forms of delinquency. This article extends studies that examine the gender-delinquency relationship to substance use in particular and estimate the extent to which major risk and protective factors mediate the association between gender and alcohol and marijuana use. The authors simultaneously draw on two traditional delinquency theories, social learning and social control, and the feminist pathways perspective regarding victimizations. This gendered pathways approach highlights the extent to which gender influences life experiences and thus the trajectories of girls and boys. In a large sample of 8th to 12th graders, school bonds and victimizations accounted for much of the gender-substance use relationship, especially in the case of casual and binge drinking.
AB - A gender gap in alcohol and drug use exists but is somewhat smaller than the gender gap in other forms of delinquency. This article extends studies that examine the gender-delinquency relationship to substance use in particular and estimate the extent to which major risk and protective factors mediate the association between gender and alcohol and marijuana use. The authors simultaneously draw on two traditional delinquency theories, social learning and social control, and the feminist pathways perspective regarding victimizations. This gendered pathways approach highlights the extent to which gender influences life experiences and thus the trajectories of girls and boys. In a large sample of 8th to 12th graders, school bonds and victimizations accounted for much of the gender-substance use relationship, especially in the case of casual and binge drinking.
KW - alcohol and drug use
KW - feminist pathways
KW - gender
KW - social bonds
KW - social learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880610828&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0011128710389581
DO - 10.1177/0011128710389581
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880610828
VL - 59
SP - 651
EP - 669
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
SN - 0011-1287
IS - 5
ER -