TY - JOUR AU - Brandt, CJ AU - Delport, CSL PY - 2005/04/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THEORIES OF ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE JF - Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk JA - SWMW VL - 41 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.15270/41-2-1017 UR - https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1017 SP - 163-176 AB - <p>This article reviews nine different theories regarding adolescent subtance use and abuse.&nbsp; Amongst these theories the following are emphasised: (a) substance specific cognitives (b)<br>social learning processes, (c) commitment to conventional values and (d) intra-personal processes. Some similarities and differences among these theories as well as the conceptual<br>boundaries of each theory are addressed. In order to integrate these theories and to explain the etiology of youth substance use and abuse, a framework or model is presented to the reader.</p> ER -