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Texas State Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Austin. – 1990
The Texas School Survey of Substance Abuse, which has been administered twice, and which covered grades seven through twelve, was expanded for the 1990 survey to encompass grades four to six. The students were surveyed on their use of tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, and marijuana. The most widely used substances were alcohol and tobacco, with…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Curriculum Design, Drinking, Drug Education
Cappello, Dominic; Becher, Xenia G. – 2001
Many parents know they need to talk with their children about making responsible choices but do not know where to begin. This book offers practical advice on how to begin and what to say to third to twelfth graders about drugs, sexuality, peer pressure, stress, health, the law, and mixed media messages. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Child Rearing, Children
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Marsden, John; Boys, Annabel; Farrell, Michael; Stillwell, Garry; Hutchings, Kevin; Hillebrand, Jennifer; Griffiths, Paul – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
A prospective, cohort survey of 540 mid-adolescent students was conducted to identify personal, family and social correlates of alcohol use. A structured questionnaire recorded alcohol involvement, other substance use, perceived parental alcohol use and related factors, alcohol-related attitudes and beliefs, psychological well-being, social and…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Alcohol Education, Drinking, Adolescents
Ellickson, Phyllis L.; Bell, Robert M. – 1990
This report describes an experimental program developed by the RAND Corporation to prevent or reduce the use of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana by adolescents. Section 1 introduces Project ALERT and presents major findings and conclusions from a study which assessed the program's effects at several points over a period of 15 months in 30…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Duryea, Elias J.; And Others – 1986
An alcohol and drug use education program was developed by teachers and administrators in Mora, a small, isolated Hispanic community in northern New Mexico, in cooperation with the town's public health nurses and a University of New Mexico research team. Pre- and posttests were given to 150 students in grades 7-9 in the Mora Public Schools to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cultural Isolation
Doty, David S. – 2002
This paper is part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002. It addresses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Specifically, the paper examines unilateral placements for drug-abusing and delinquent students. Following the introduction, the next section of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Donahue, Michael J. – 2001
A questionnaire was administered to all 6th to 12th grade students attending Seventh-Day Adventist schools in North America. The questionnaire included the Age-Universal Intrinsic-Extrinsic Scale; the Faith Maturity Scale; an 18-item Adventist orthodoxy scale; and scales measuring the frequency of use of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco, and of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attitude Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Beliefs
Brown, Tony N.; Schulenberg, John; Bachman, Jerald G.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Johnston, Lloyd D. – 2001
Researchers have seldom examined whether risk and protective factors are consistently linked to substance use across historical time. Using nationally representative data collected from 22 consecutive cohorts of high school seniors (approximate N=188,000) from the Monitoring the Future project, this study investigated whether correlates of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Beliefs, Cocaine, Drinking
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Fournet, Glenn P.; And Others – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1990
Surveyed elementary and secondary school students (N=2,290) from four rural school districts to measure incidences and attitudes toward drug and alcohol use. Subjects' responses indicated that social learning theory was feasible theory for explaining drug involvement in the young. Suggests that intervention with drug and alcohol education programs…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Drinking, Driving While Intoxicated, Drug Education
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Vingilis, Evelyn; Wade, Terrance J.; Adlaf, Edward – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Data from a randomly selected sample of 840 Ontario students were used to examine factors that affect self-rated physical health. Analyses focused on demographics, family structure, financial situation, child-parent relationship, school achievement, self-esteem, alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use as factors which directly and indirectly influence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Demography
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Barkley, Russell A.; Fischer, Mariellen; Smallish, Lori; Fletcher, Kenneth – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Hyperactive/ADHD children are believed to be a greater risk for adolescent and young adult antisocial activity and drug use/abuse, particularly that subset having comorbid conduct problems/disorder. Method: We report on the lifetime antisocial activities and illegal drug use self-reported at young adult follow-up (mean age 20-21 years;…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Control, Hyperactivity, Drug Use
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Seal, David Wyatt; Belcher, Lisa; Morrow, Kathleen; Eldridge, Gloria; Binson, Diane; Kacanek, Deborah; Margolis, Andrew D.; McAuliffe, Tim; Simms, Rodney – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
The article describes men's perceptions of and experience with substance use and sexual behavior during incarceration. Grounded theory content analyses were performed on qualitative interviews conducted with 80 men, aged 18 to 29, in four U.S. states. Participants believed that drugs were easily available in prison. Half reported using substances,…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Correctional Institutions, Prevention, Risk
Howell, John F. – 1995
Results of surveys completed by students in grades six and nine in the Springfield (Massachusetts) public school system are reported for 1990 through 1995. The report is based on an analysis of responses within user-defined categories of drug use, alcohol use, and nonuse. In 1995, while 72 percent of those in grade 6 responded, only 26 percent of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drinking, Drug Education, Drug Use
National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Div. of Research. – 1995
Marijuana is the illegal drug most often used in the United States. In the early 1990s marijuana use doubled among 8th graders and significantly increased among 10th and 12th graders. Accompanying this pattern of use is a significant erosion in antidrug perceptions and knowledge among young people. While marijuana use among high school seniors…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Drug Education, Drug Use, High School Students
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Stanley, Peter – Teachers and Curriculum, 2005
This paper compares information obtained from two surveys of school students. The national Youth2000 survey and the local Whatuora investigation contribute complementary quantitative data on the characteristics and behaviour of young people in New Zealand. As well, there are particular insights about students who are at risk and questions are…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Well Being, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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