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Cutrín, Olalla; Gómez-Fraguela, José Antonio; Sobral, Jorge – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2017
The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of parental knowledge, parental support, and family conflict through the affiliation with deviant peers on youth substance use (i.e., alcohol, cannabis, and other illicit substances), as well as unhealthy and antisocial behavior derived from substance consumption. A Spanish community sample was used…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Child Rearing, Peer Groups, Foreign Countries
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Sanders, Amber; Stogner, John M.; Miller, Bryan Lee – Journal of Drug Education, 2013
Misperceptions of peer substance use have previously been implicated as significant influences on individual use of both alcohol and illicit drugs. However, research on perceived social norms and related interventions are typically limited to binge drinking and marijuana and no empirical studies have explored misperceptions related to "novel…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Misconceptions, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
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Windle, Michael; Haardörfer, Regine; Getachew, Beth; Shah, Jean; Payne, Jackie; Pillai, Dina; Berg, Carla J. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: This study investigated associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACE) prior to age 18 years and multiple health behaviors (eg, cigarette and other substance use) and outcomes (eg, obesity, depression) for a large college sample. Participants: 2,969 college students from seven universities in the state of Georgia were included…
Descriptors: College Students, Early Experience, Multivariate Analysis, Student Surveys
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Walburg, Vera; Moncla, Dany; Mialhes, Aurélie – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Cannabis is a substance frequently consumed by adolescents, which is a risk factor for many psychopathological disorders. At the same time, adolescents in high-schools are likely to be exposed to significant stress from school that can sometimes lead to a burnout syndrome. Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore the impact…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, High School Students
Marie, Olivier; Zölitz, Ulf – Centre for Economic Performance, 2015
This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional policy introduced in the city of Maastricht which discriminated legal access based on individuals' nationality. We apply a difference-in-difference approach using administrative panel data on over 54,000 course grades of local…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
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Blavos, Alexis A.; Glassman, Tavis J.; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye; Thompson, Amy; DeNardo, Faith; Diehr, Aaron J. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: Marijuana represents the most widely used illicit drug on college campuses. Repeated use can impair students' academic, emotional, and physical success and can lead to chronic diseases. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate existing literature on the associated effects of marijuana use on U.S. college students' academic…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Use, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior
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Wilhite, Emily R.; Ashenhurst, James R.; Marino, Elise N.; Fromme, Kim – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: This study examined how freshman year substance use prospectively predicted time to college graduation, and whether delayed graduation predicted postponed adoption of adult roles and future substance use. Participants: Participants were part of a longitudinal study that began in 2004. The first analyses focused on freshman year (N =…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Use, Marijuana
Coco, Marlena B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to analyze factors that predict marijuana use and grade point average among undergraduate college students using the Core Institute national database. The Core Alcohol and Drug Survey was used to collect data on students' attitudes, beliefs, and experiences related to substance use in college. The sample used in this…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Use, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
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Dembo, Richard; Briones-Robinson, Rhissa; Schmeidler, James; Wareham, Jennifer; Ungaro, Rocío; Winters, Ken C.; Karas, Lora; Wothke, Werner; Belenko, Steven – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2016
School truancy among teenagers remains a serious national problem, as evidenced by its significant association with school performance, psychological, and behavioral problems. Truancy is also positively associated with substance abuse. This study presents 18-month outcome data from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded controlled trial…
Descriptors: Intervention, Truancy, Marijuana, Drug Use
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Guèvremont, Anne; Findlay, Leanne; Kohen, Dafna – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: Participation in extracurricular activities can have positive effects on youth, with greater participation associated with higher academic as well as better socioemotional and behavioral outcomes. Little research has examined differential effects of in-school and out-of-school activities. Methods: This study examines in-school and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Adolescents, School Activities
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Webster, Lauren; Chaiton, Michael; Kirst, Maritt – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: This study explores the patterns of use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis among Ontario adolescents over 3 decades and if characteristics of co-users and single substance users have changed. Methods: Co-use trends for 1981-2011 were analyzed using the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey,…
Descriptors: Smoking, Marijuana, Substance Abuse, Adolescents
Miech, Richard A.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.; Patrick, Megan E. – Institute for Social Research, 2021
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is designed to give attention to substance use among the nation's youth and adults. Since its onset in 1975, MTF has been funded continuously by the National Institute on Drug Abuse -- one of the National Institutes of Health -- under a series of peer-reviewed, competitive research grants. The 2020 survey, reported…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Oberle, Crystal D.; Garcia, Javier A. – Journal of Drug Education, 2015
This study investigated whether use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana may be predicted from preferential consumption of particular music genres. Undergraduates (257 women and 78 men) completed a questionnaire assessing these variables. Partial correlation analyses, controlling for sensation-seeking tendencies and behaviors, revealed that…
Descriptors: Smoking, Alcohol Abuse, Music, Music Activities
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Wong, Jennifer – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2016
School-based substance use prevention programs are a common method to approaching drug use in youths. Project SOS is a single-session drug prevention program developed by police officers and delivered by elite junior hockey players to students in grades 6 and 7. The current study evaluates the effects of Project SOS at achieving its objectives of…
Descriptors: Athletes, Prevention, Evidence Based Practice, Drug Abuse
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Lea, Toby; Bryant, Joanne; Treloar, Carla – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2016
Aim: Young people who are socially engaged with people who inject drugs are at higher risk of transitioning to injecting drug use. We aimed to examine rates of exposure to injecting among young people in an online survey, and whether exposure to injecting was related to hepatitis C(HCV) knowledge. Methods: A cross-sectional, online survey was…
Descriptors: Drug Use, At Risk Persons, Online Surveys, Case Studies
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