Behavioral Risk Profiles of Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: A Nationally Representative Examination of Substance Use Related Outcomes

David R. Hodge; Christopher P. Salas-Wright; Michael G. Vaughn

doi:10.1080/10826084.2016.1225094

Behavioral Risk Profiles of Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: A Nationally Representative Examination of Substance Use Related Outcomes

David R. Hodge, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Michael G. Vaughn

Graduate School of Social Welfare

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Background: The homeschool population continues to grow in size and now accounts for 3.4% of all students in the United States. Objective: Given the heterogeneous nature of the population, this study examines the relationship between different types of homeschoolers and a number of substance use related outcomes. Methods: To conduct this study, we used pooled data (2002–2013) from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Respondents aged 12–17 who reported they had been homeschooled at any time during the previous 12 months were classified as homeschoolers (N = 1,321). Latent profile analysis (LPA) was conducted to identify latent subgroups of homeschoolers and multinomial regression was executed to assess the relationship between the subgroups and perceived substance use risk, availability, and past 12-month use. Results: The LPA yielded four subgroups, which were summarized as (1) highly religious and engaged, (2) limited parental monitoring, (3) high parental warmth and support, and (4) secular permissive. Of these, the highly religious and engaged subgroup was the least likely to report using substances. Conclusion: The results underscore the variation that exists among homeschoolers and the importance of examining the relationship between different types of homeschoolers and outcomes of interest.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273-285
Number of pages	13
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	52
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2016.1225094
Publication status	Published - 2017 Feb 23

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The authors are grateful for support from the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, the Institute on Educational Sciences grants (R324A100022 & R324B080008), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P50 HD052117), and grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (R25 DA030310). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or the National Institutes of Health.

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Behavioral Risk Profiles of Homeschooled Adolescents in the United States: A Nationally Representative Examination of Substance Use Related Outcomes

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