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Miech, Richard A.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – Institute for Social Research, 2016
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is designed to give sustained attention to substance use among the nation's youth and adults. It is an investigator-initiated study that originated with and is conducted by a team of research professors at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Since its onset in 1975, MTF has been continuously…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
Naik, Reetu; Stojakovic, Zoran – Online Submission, 2013
The Student Substance Use and Safety Survey, administered annually to a random, representative sample of AISD students, provides self-report data on student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and school safety issues. This report summarizes district results for Spring 2013.
Descriptors: School Districts, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Substance Abuse
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Slocum, Lee Ann; Simpson, Sally S.; Hipwell, Alison E.; Loeber, Rolf – Youth & Society, 2011
The article discusses a research instrument developed and utilized by the Pittsburgh Girls Study that asked young girls (ages 7 and 8) and their caretakers to report on the girls' involvement in a variety of problem behaviors. In this article, the authors evaluate whether comprehension, prevalence, and caretaker-child concordance of problem…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Females, Drug Abuse, Age Differences
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Miech, Richard A. – Institute for Social Research, 2014
Substance use is a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality, and is in large part why people in the U.S. have the highest probability among industrialized nations of dying by age 50. Substance use deserves our sustained attention. It is also an important determinant of many social ills including child and spouse abuse, violence more…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Grade 8, Grade 10
Goodman, Deborah, Ed. – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2008
"SAMHSA News" is the national newsletter of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Published six times a year (bimonthly) by SAMHSA's Office of Communications, SAMHSA News contains information about the latest substance abuse and mental health treatment and prevention practices, recent statistics on mental health and…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Rural Areas
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Younoszai, Tina M.; Lorhmann, David K.; Seefeldt, Carol A.; Greene, Robert – Journal of Drug Education, 1999
Discusses a school-based prevention program initiated to reduce alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use among adolescents. Investigates changes in reported ATOD use from 1987 to 1991. Significant decreases were found for use of most drugs with the exception of alcohol. Involvement in problem behaviors was the most salient risk factor whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Cocaine, Drinking
Wallisch, Lynn S.; Liu, Liang Y. – 1999
This booklet reports on the results of the 1998 Texas School Survey of Substance Use among Students: Grades 4-6. The statewide school survey monitors trends in substance use among public school students, identifies emerging problem areas, and serves as a basis of comparison for local school surveys which are conducted annually by various school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Behavior Problems, Demography