Substance Use and Personal Adjustment among Disadvantaged Teenagers: A Six-Month Prospective Study.

Luthar, Suniya S.; Cushing, Gretta

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ERIC Number: EJ550095

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Substance Use and Personal Adjustment among Disadvantaged Teenagers: A Six-Month Prospective Study.

Luthar, Suniya S.; Cushing, Gretta

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v26 n3 p353-72 Jun 1997

Associations between substance abuse and emotional and behavioral adjustment were examined in a two-wave longitudinal design for 138 inner-city ninth graders. Drug use showed associations in expected directions with all indices of adjustment except for peer-related sociability. Implications for interventions are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Disadvantaged Youth, High School Students, High Schools, Inner City, Interpersonal Relationship, Intervention, Longitudinal Studies, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by Research Scientist Development Award K21-DA00202, Grant P50-DA09241, and an award from the Social Science Research Council through funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.