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Wolf, Yuval; And Others – Adolescence, 1995
Sixteen 17-year-old kibbutz members, including 7 hashish smokers and 9 nonsmokers, assessed the probability that a young person of similar background would use drugs. It was found that hashish smokers assigned meaningful importance to a combined influence of personal predisposition and group pressure, while the nonsmokers considered only group…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curiosity, Drug Abuse, Existentialism
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Wright, Darlene R.; Fitzpatrick, Kevin M. – Adolescence San Diego, 2004
Cross-sectional data were collected on substance use behaviors and potential correlates in 1,494 African American students enrolled in grades 5-12 in eight schools in a central Alabama school district. Using a risk and asset framework, self-reported recent alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use were analyzed by identifying and measuring levels of…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Risk, Marijuana, Family Violence
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Bond, Lyndal; Thomas, Lyndal; Coffey, Carolyn; Glover, Sara; Butler, Helen; Carlin, John B.; Patton, George – Journal of School Health, 2004
This study examined the impact of a school-based preventive intervention on cannabis use in adolescence, using a cluster-randomized trial of a multilevel intervention aimed at improving social relationships within schools by promoting change in school environment. Four waves of data were collected at baseline (1997, Year 8: mean age 13 years) and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Research Papers (Students), Intervention
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MacLeod, John; Oakes, Rachel; Oppenkowski, Thomas; Stokes-Lampard, Helen; Copello, Alex; Crome, Ilana; Davey Smith, George; Egger, Matthias; Hickman, Mathew; Judd, Ali – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2004
Recreational use of illicit drugs (i.e. use not associated with a diagnosed drug problem) may cause psychological and social harm. A recent systematic review found that evidence for this was equivocal. Extensive evidence was only available in relation to cannabis use. This was relatively consistently associated with lower educational attainment…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Psychology, Population Education, Mental Disorders
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Roy, Alastair: Wibberley, Christopher; Lamb, Jon – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2005
This paper presents the findings of a five-year study of year-11 pupils (15?16 years old), based on a sample drawn from seven schools in the North West of England. It examines: use, feelings about close friend's use and perceptions of the health-related risks of specific drugs. The findings conform with those examining other similar populations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drug Use, Students, Smoking
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Roebuck, M. Christopher; French, Michael T.; Dennis, Michael L. – Economics of Education Review, 2004
This paper explores the relationship between adolescent marijuana use and school attendance. Data were pooled from the 1997 and 1998 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse to form a sample of 15 168 adolescents, aged 12-18 years, who had not yet complete high school. The analysis determined the role of marijuana use in adolescent school dropout…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Drug Abuse, Attendance, Marijuana
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Budney, Alan J.; Moore, Brent A.; Rocha, Heath L.; Higgins, Stephen T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
Ninety cannabis-dependent adults seeking treatment were randomly assigned to receive cognitive-behavioral therapy, abstinence-based voucher incentives, or their combination. Treatment duration was 14 weeks, and outcomes were assessed for 12 months post treatment. Findings suggest that (a) abstinence-based vouchers were effective for engendering…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Behavior Modification, Adults, Outcomes of Treatment
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Steinman, Kenneth J.; Ferketich, Amy K.; Sahr, Timothy – Health Education & Behavior, 2008
This article addresses two inconsistent findings in the literature on adolescent religious activity (RA) and substance use: whether a dose-response relationship characterizes the association of these variables, and whether the association varies by grade, gender, ethnicity, family structure, school type, and type of substance. Multinomial logistic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Structure, Gender Differences, Correlation
Johnston, Lloyd D., O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2007
This report provides a summary of drug use trends from a survey of nearly 50,000 eighth-, tenth-, and twelfth- grade students nationwide. It also includes perceived risk, personal disapproval, and perceived availability of each drug by this group. A synopsis of the methods used in the study and an overview of the key results from the 2006 survey…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Adolescents, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Townsend, Loraine; Flisher, Alan J.; King, Gary – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2007
A systematic review of peer-reviewed, empirical literature published between 1990 and 2006 was undertaken to determine whether existing research could provide evidence, and a deeper understanding of the relationship between dropping out of high school and the use of substances such as tobacco, alcohol, cannabis/marijuana and other illicit drugs.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Research, Dropouts, Disadvantaged
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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Duarte, Rosa; Escario, Jose Julian; Molina, Jose Alberto – Economics of Education Review, 2006
This paper examines the hypothetically bi-directional relationship which links marijuana consumption and school failure among students. To that end, we propose a simultaneous probability model, which is estimated by using the information provided by the three consecutive waves from the Spanish Surveys on Drug Use in the School Population [(1996,…
Descriptors: Models, Correlation, One Parent Family, Foreign Countries
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Bentler, P. M. – Child Development, 1987
Introduces structural modeling with nonnormal continuous variables, using the equations language of the micro-mainframe program EQS in the context of a longitudinal study of adolescent development that followed about 700 adolescents across an 8-year span into young adulthood. Two models are developed to assess the influence of drug use on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Longitudinal Studies, Marijuana
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Elder, Craig; Barnes, Jeremy; Leaver-Dunn, Deidre; Nagy, Steven; Leeper, James – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2001
Study assessed the influence of group membership on the use of multiple substances among adolescents. Organized group activity included clubs and organizations, as well as athletic participation. Multiple substance included current use of any combination of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. Group participation had a buffering effect on multiple…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Group Membership, Marijuana
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Butters, Jennifer E. – Journal of Adolescence, 2002
Estimates the direct impact of family stressors on the progression to problem cannabis use among adolescents in Ontario. Results suggest that family stressors have direct and indirect effects increasing the probability of cannabis use outcomes. The implications of these more complex associations between factors believed to influence adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Influence, Foreign Countries
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