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Peer reviewedMcCoy, 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
Download full textHoeweler, Fred C.; And Others – 1993
This paper describes a multifaceted, cognitive-behavioral life-skills training program that is directed toward low-income urban Appalachian youth in Cincinnati (Ohio) who are at high risk for substance abuse and related negative behaviors. The program is intended to promote the development of effective prosocial coping skills and strategies and to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring
