PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND YOUNG ADOLESCENT TENDENCY TO ABSTAIN FROM ALCOHOL-USE - A MODEL USING 2 WAVES OF INTERVENTION STUDY DATA

Two waves of data from a family-focused preventive intervention projec t were used to rest a model of the influence of protective factors on young adolescents' tendency toward alcohol abstinence. Prior theoretic al and empirical work guided the specification of hypothesized effects of the protective factors affectional relationship with parents, affi liation with prosocial peers, and mastery-esteem on tendency toward al cohol abstinence. The tested model controlled for preintervention meas ures and included specified interrelations of protective factors acros s time. Structural equation analysis indicated that the model fit the data. Two of the hypothesized cross-time effects, however were not sup ported.