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Contributions of Delinquency and Substance Use to School Dropout among Inner-City Youths.

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Fagan, Jeffrey; Pabon, Edward – Youth and Society, 1990

Examines patterns of drug use and other delinquent behaviors among students and school dropouts in six inner-city neighborhoods. Finds no correlation between substance use, delinquency, and dropping out, but does find that all dropouts were characterized by weak family support systems and social isolation. (FMW)

Descriptors: Delinquency, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts

Negative Social Sanctions, Self-Rejection, and Drug Use.

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Kaplan, Howard B.; Fukurai, Hiroshi – Youth and Society, 1992

Tests a model of the effects of negative social sanctions that considers the mediating effects of self-rejecting feelings associated with perceived rejection and failure. Results with 1,925 seventh graders asked about drug use are compatible with theoretical premises underlying the predicted association between negative social sanctions and…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Drug Use