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Reininger, Belinda M.; Perez, Adriana; Flores, Maria I. Aguirre; Chen, Zhongxue; Rahbar, Mohammad H. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2012
This study examined the association of perceived social support and community empowerment among urban middle-school students living in Matamoros, Mexico and the risk behaviors of fighting, alcohol and tobacco use, and sexual activity. Middle school students (n = 1,181) from 32 public and private Mexican schools were surveyed. Weighted multiple…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Smoking, Females, Adolescents
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McKay, Michael T.; Cole, Jon C. – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2012
This cross-sectional study investigated the bivariate and more fully controlled (with socio-demographic measures) relationship between self-reported drinking behaviour and peer pressure susceptibility, desire for peer popularity and general conformity in a sample of 11-16-year-old school children in Northern Ireland. Self-reported drinking…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Peer Influence, Social Behavior, Risk
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Paxton, Raheem J.; Valois, Robert F.; Drane, J. Wanzer – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2007
We investigated the relationship between family structure and substance use in a sample of 2,138 public middle school students in a southern state. The CDC Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey was utilized and adjusted logistic regression models were created separately for four race/gender categories (African American females/males, and…
Descriptors: Divorce, Middle School Students, Family (Sociological Unit), Drug Use