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Houghton, Stephen; Odgers, Pete; Carroll, Annemaree – Journal of Drug Education, 1998
Data pertaining to the reputations, self-concepts, and coping strategies of secondary-school Volatile Solvent Users (VSUs; n=31), ex-VSUs (n=44), and non-VSUs (n=48) in Western Australia were obtained. Findings reveal that differences between the groups were more attributable to reputation enhancement than to self-concept or coping strategies.…
Descriptors: Coping, Inhalants, Reputation, Secondary Education

Carroll, Annemaree; Green, Shauna; Houghton, Stephen; Wood, Robert – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2003
This study examined the relationship between Australian high school students' (n=965) self-reported delinquency and the importance of their social reputations. Students with low delinquency involvement, females, and older students tended to desire a more conforming reputation than those with high delinquency involvement, males, or younger…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Delinquency, Foreign Countries, High Schools