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Staples, Pamela A. – 1989
The study of older adults is relatively new for the social sciences. There is a growing awareness of the alcohol-related problems in this population. Between 2 and 10 percent of older social drinkers present severe alcohol-related problems of different kinds. Three terms describe the major consequences of "too much" alcohol: intoxication,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism
Skager, Rodney; Frith, Sandra L. – 1989
Three groups of secondary school students were identified in the sample of over 7,000 high school students from the 1987/88 California Substance Use Survey based on patterns of involvement with alcohol and other drugs. Of primary interest are high risk users (HRUs) who engage in socially deplored and often dangerous forms of substance use. HRU…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
