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Peer reviewedEngs, Ruth C.; Hanson, David J. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1990
Reviews literature on drinking among college students and reports gender variations in drinking patterns and problems among this population. Examines incidence of drinking, frequency and consumption of drinking, gender differential, beverage preferences, drinking locations, and drinking problems. Concludes that higher percentage of college men…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Drinking
Peer reviewedLeavy, Richard L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Describes and evaluates a university psychology course which provides an academic and personal look at drinking and problem drinking. The structure of the course encompasses three phases: lecture, seminar, and student presentation. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, College Environment, College Instruction, Course Descriptions
Download full textNew York State Office of Drug Abuse Services, Albany. – 1975
The intent of this survey is to achieve an understanding of the drug using patterns of youngsters in New York's secondary schools. It was initiated to gather in detail the extent and dimensions of alcohol and drug use among a sample of New York students in grades seven through twelve. This survey was conceived as a benchmark study--to establish a…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drinking, Drug Abuse, High School Students
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1994
This report summarizes data compiled in a survey of student health conducted among 53,362 7th and 12th grade students in the spring of 1993. In order to compare these results to older students' health, 990 students attending Adult Basic Education centers were also surveyed. The survey instrument, which appears in Appendix A, contains 77 questions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Comparative Analysis, Drinking
Redetzke, Pamela M. – 1996
Adolescents continue to use alcohol and other drugs despite the profound risks to their health. This thesis examines the attitudes of students in grades 7-9 toward alcohol and other nonprescriptive mind-altering substances. Eight independent variables were investigated: (1) gender; (2) grade placement; (3) DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Use, Grade 7
Peer reviewedLeibsohn, Jacqueline – Journal of Drug Education, 1994
Surveyed college freshmen revealed similarities between college and high school drug use. Entering freshmen established friendships akin to high school relationships in which drugs and alcohol were used. Therefore, alcohol and drug use may be important determining factors in choosing new college friends. College orientation could help students…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Freshmen, College Students, Drinking
Crabtree, Michael – 1980
Marijuana and alcohol use by high school students has continued to increase through the latter part of the 1970's. To gain information on the extent of this problem in their area, a school district in rural western Pennsylvania approved a study of drug and alcohol usage by the school district's 2,200 students. For reasons of confidentiality, all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Nolin, Mary Jo; And Others – 1997
Recent research on middle and senior high school students showed a reversal of previous decline in smoking marijuana and using drugs other than marijuana, a decline in students' personal disapproval of marijuana, and a high prevalence of alcohol use. Student reports of peer approval, availability, and use at school of alcohol, marijuana, and other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Children, Drinking
