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DuRant, Robert; Champion, Heather; Wolfson, Mark; Omli, Morrow; McCoy, Thomas; D'Agostino, Ralph B., Jr.; Wagoner, Kim; Mitra, Ananda – Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: The authors examined the clustering of health-risk behaviors among college students who reported date fight involvement. Participants and Methods: The authors administered a Web-based survey to a stratified random sample of 3,920 college students from 10 universities in North Carolina. Results: Among men, 5.6% reported date fight…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Medical Services, Drinking, College Students
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2006
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) asks youths aged 12 to 17 to report on their involvement in violent behaviors during the 12 months before the survey. This report presents the estimated number and percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who engaged in violent behavior in the past year. It further compares rates of violent behavior for…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Stimulants, Place of Residence, Socioeconomic Influences
Green, Kerry M.; Ensminger, Margaret E. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The authors examined the effects of heavy adolescent marijuana use on employment, marriage, and family formation and tested both dropping out of high school and adult marijuana use as potential mediators of these associations among a community sample of African Americans followed longitudinally from age 6 to age 32-33. They used propensity …
Descriptors: Adolescents, Marriage, Marijuana, Adults
Gfroerer, Joseph – 1994
This report contains national estimates of Americans' perceptions of the availability of various illicit drugs and of the risk of harm associated with their drug use. These 1992 estimates are part of an ongoing national survey. The report analyzes three basic perceptions concerning drugs: (1) the relationship between perceptions and use; (2)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cocaine, Crack, Drug Abuse
Buckhalt, Joseph A.; And Others – 1993
Adolescent substance abuse is determined by a complex of factors, and influences on it may vary as a function of developmental level. According to the social development model (Hawkins et al., 1986), family influences on substance abuse may be strongest in preschool and early school-age children; family and school influences may be equal during…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Use, Intermediate Grades
Wagner, Eric F.; Shaw, Daniel S. – 1991
This study examined psychosocial correlates of substance abuse during late adolescence. Older adolescents' (N=276) aged 17-22, self-reported use of marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs was examined in relation to several psychosocial variables, including sensation seeking, aggression, self-esteem, depression, and perceived peer prevalence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Cocaine, College Students
Felix-Ortiz, Maria; Newcomb, Michael D. – 1989
Changing alcohol and drug use patterns among women and ethnic minorities, such as the over-representation of Hispanics in alcohol-related deaths, drunk driving arrests, and treatment facilities, emphasize the importance of understanding substance use patterns in these populations. This study attempted to identify a single cause of substance abuse…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Cocaine
Silverman, Wade H. – 1987
Substance abuse among adolescents is modeled and reinforced by the peer culture. Experimentation with drugs seems to have become a typical part of normal adolescent development. The solution to adolescent substance abuse will only be arrived at through gathering facts and designing intervention programs based on those facts. Since the two most…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholic Beverages, Community Action, Competence
Sarvela, Paul D.; McClendon, E. J. – 1985
Basic research and programs in substance abuse dealing directly with rural and small town populations lag far behind those aimed at urban groups, in both quality and quantity. A study was conducted to identify factors related to substance use by a preadolescent and early adolescent rural and small town population. Data were collected from 496…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking
Sarvela, Paul D.; McClendon, E. J. – 1985
It is important to examine the correlates of drug use and abuse among early adolescents to identify common patterns and factors of the beginning stages of drug abuse. The relationships between personal substance use, health beliefs, peer use, stated intention to use drugs in the future, sex, and religion were examined using data collected from 265…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – 1985
Based on large-scale surveys of high school seniors in the classes of 1975 through 1984, this paper presents findings which have a bearing on the quality of life of young people. Most seniors planned and hoped for marriage, children, and material well-being; however, the last few graduating classes showed increased concern about attaining those…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, High School Seniors, High Schools, Marijuana
Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – 1986
The Monitoring the Future project was created to assess the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of American youth on a continuing basis. Trends in marijuana use and related attitudes were investigated, and alternative hypotheses about the linkage between attitudes and behaviors were examined. Data were obtained using questionnaires…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Drug Use, High School Seniors
Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – 1986
During the past decade there have been several important trends in drug use. Cigarette use peaked in 1976 and 1977 and declined thereafter. Marijuana use rose through 1978 and 1979 and then began to decline. Cocaine use rose until 1981 and has remained constant since. This study examined findings from 12 nationwide surveys representing the high…
Descriptors: Drug Use, High School Seniors, High Schools, Individual Characteristics

Weiss, Shoshana; Moore, Michael – Journal of Drug Education, 1987
Evaluated impact of revised preventive interdisciplinary curricular program "Hashish and Marijuana" on attitudes and intentions toward hashish use among Israeli high school students (N=153). Findings suggest program's potential for effecting desired attitude change within target populations. Program will be officially disseminated to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Drug Use, Foreign Countries

Osgood, D. Wayne; And Others – American Sociological Review, 1988
Examination of self-reports by high school seniors about substance abuse, dangerous driving, and other criminal behavior demonstrates that a relatively stable general involvement in deviance accounted for virtually all association between different types of deviance, but the stability of each behavior could be explained only by equally important…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Drinking, Illegal Drug Use