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Garrity, Thomas F.; Leukefeld, Carl G.; Carlson, Robert G.; Falck, Russel S.; Wang, Jichuan; Booth, Brenda M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2007
Context: There is growing concern about illicit rural stimulant use, especially regarding methamphetamine use and its health consequences. Purpose: The present study describes associations between aspects of stimulant use and illness experience in rural areas, with additional focus on the role of demographic characteristics in these associations.…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Stimulants, Rural Areas, Cocaine
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Wallisch, Lynn S.; Spence, Richard T. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
This study describes the prevalence of alcohol and drug use, abuse, and dependence among adults on the Texas-Mexico border in 2002-2003. The findings are based on survey responses from a random sample of 1,200 adults living in households in three communities: El Paso, a densely populated city in west Texas; the less dense urbanized areas of the…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Drinking, Drug Use, Alcoholism
Kutner, Saul S. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1982
Examines particular problems and experiences of delivering drug and alcohol services to rural communities in the U.S. and details the programs and services developed in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. (Author/AH)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse, Drug Therapy
Furman, Leola E.; Selbyg, Arne – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1982
Explores the rural alcoholic woman's feelings of self-esteem and her relationship with her family, finding attitudes and behaviors similar to those found in prior research conducted on urban alcoholic women--low self-esteem and low satisfaction in interpersonal relationships. Discusses implications for treatment. (Author/AH)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Therapy, Family Relationship, Females
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Napier, Ted L.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1981
Among 492 rural Ohio high school students surveyed in 1979, 78.3% had used alcohol at least once and 51.3% had used marijuana at least once, contrasting previous research reporting low substance use among rural youth. Socio-demographic and family variables had only limited utility for understanding drug or alcohol abuse. (SB)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Demography, Drinking, Drug Use
Mookherjee, Harsha N. – 1981
Sixteen hundred and thirty white male adults living in the Upper Cumberland area of rural middle Tennessee were administered the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) to classify them by their degree of alcohol abuse into alcoholics, probable alcoholics, and non-alcoholics. These respondents had been referred by the courts to an educational…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Individual Characteristics
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Linden, Mary Frances – Rural Educator, 1993
A survey in a rural Texas school district revealed that as many as 85% of the students in grades 6-12 drink alcohol. Students believed their drinking routines to be normal, whereas teachers and parents felt that prevalent alcohol use and abuse had definite negative effects. (LP)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Elementary Secondary Education, Life Style
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Swanda, Rex M.; Kahn, Marvin W. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Describes study in which 146 rural mental health clinic clients reported moderate to extreme stress levels for all demographic and diagnostic groupings. Indicates younger patients had higher stress levels than older and significantly different stress events differentiated alcoholic, male, and Hispanic-American patients. Discusses implications for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Alcoholism, Change
Hampe, Gary D. – 1976
The study examined the increase of drinking from 1964 to 1975 among teenagers enrolled in two high schools in different sociocultural rural areas of Mississippi. The sample was composed of students in two high schools located in a "wet" county and a "dry" county. A questionnaire was administered to 525 students in 1964 and 793…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Alcoholism, Behavior Change