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Roy F. Oman, PhD, Sara Vesely, PhD, Cheryl B. Aspy, PhD, Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD, Sharon Rodine, MEd and LaDonna Marshall

Roy F. Oman is with the Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Okla. Sara Vesely is with the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Cheryl B. Aspy is with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Kenneth R. McLeroy is with the College of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex. Sharon Rodine and LaDonna Marshall are with the HEART of OKC Project, Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Roy F. Oman, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, PO Box 26901, CHB Room 369, Oklahoma City, OK 73190 (e-mail: roy-oman{at}ouhsc.edu).

Objectives. We examined the association between adolescent alcohol and drug use and 9 youth assets in a low-income, inner-city population.

Methods. An in-person survey of 1350 adolescents and parents assessed youth assets and risk behaviors. We analyzed data with ² tests and logistic regression analyses.

Results. When we controlled for appropriate variables, there were significant positive relationships between several youth assets and nonuse of alcohol and drugs. Furthermore, youths who possessed all of the statistically significant youth assets were 4.44 times more likely to report nonuse of alcohol and 5.41 times more likely to report nonuse of drugs compared with youths who possessed fewer youth assets.

Conclusions. Our study supports the view that specific youth assets may protect youths from alcohol and drug use.

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