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Corte, Colleen; Szalacha, Laura – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2010
In this study we examine relationships between self-structure and known precursors for alcohol problems in 9- to 12-year-old primarily black and Latino youths (N = 79). Parental alcohol problems and being female predicted few positive and many negative self-cognitions and a future-oriented self-cognition related to alcohol ("drinking possible…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Alcoholism, Drinking, Risk
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McCoy, Clyde B.; Watkins, Virginia McCoy – Youth and Society, 1980
Research findings show that, compared with Black, Polish, and other ethnic urban youth, urban Appalachian teenagers exhibit greater symptomatic behavior indicating severe difficulties in coping with urban environments. Particularly striking among these patterns, which hold for both females and males, is the heavy drug use among Appalachian youth.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, Black Youth