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Mak, Hio Wa; Russell, Michael A.; Lanza, Stephanie T.; Feinberg, Mark E.; Fosco, Gregory M. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Antisocial peer behavior and low parental knowledge of adolescents' activities are key interpersonal risk factors for adolescent substance use. However, how the magnitude of associations between these risk factors and substance use may vary across adolescence remains less well understood. The present study examined the age-varying associations of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Age Differences, Knowledge Level
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Stanley, Linda R.; Henry, Kimberly L.; Swaim, Randall C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
This study seeks to provide a greater understanding of the factors that determine the perceived availability of alcohol and its role in predicting adolescents' alcohol use. Participants were 151,703 7th-12th grade students (50% female) from a sample of 219 rural communities across the United States, with oversampling for predominantly…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Rural Areas, Grade 12
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Baker, Timothy D.; Hoover, John H. – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2013
Data from the spring 2010 Minnesota student survey were analyzed in order to quantify the risk for suicide ideation as a function of bullying variability. Other factors available from the survey included alcohol and other drug use, within-family violence and abuse, mental health symptoms. In addition, a factor analysis revealed a protective…
Descriptors: Bullying, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Alcohol Abuse
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Lohmeier, Jill H.; Schmitt, Vicki L.; Frey, Bruce B. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
Despite the success of many drug and alcohol prevention programs, drug and alcohol use by adolescents continues to be a problem. One important factor in preventing drug and alcohol use may be determining, in a non-intrusive manner, which students are most at risk for drug involvement. In the present study, the predictive relationship between…
Descriptors: Prevention, Adolescent Attitudes, Conflict, Drinking
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Goebert, Deborah A.; Caetano, Raul; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Ramisettymikler, Suhasini – Journal of School Violence, 2004
This study compares the prevalence of drinking behaviors and violence (fighting, weapon carrying, being threatened and feeling unsafe) among Hawaiian, other Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Caucasian students, using data collected from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in Hawaii in 1997 and 1999 (N = 2,146). Native Hawaiians and…
Descriptors: Violence, Pacific Islanders, Hawaiians, Prevention
Kumar, Revathy; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Johnston, Lloyd D. – Institute for Social Research, 2005
This paper examines school policies relating to alcohol and illicit drug use, and their associations with the prevalence of alcohol and marijuana use among students. Both "punitive" and "supportive" policies are examined. Other studies examining punitive disciplinary measures--such as close monitoring of student behavior, having various security…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Marijuana, Incidence, Drug Abuse