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New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Albany. – 1993
New York's Division of Substance Abuse Services conducted a major survey in 1989-1990 of students in grades five through twelve: past surveys of the Division had included only students in seventh through twelfth grades. Students in the fifth and sixth grades answered a separate, self-administered questionnaire, which included questions about the…
Descriptors: Children, Drinking, Drug Use, Elementary School Students
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Iannotti, Ronald J.; Bush, Patricia J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
Determinants of alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, and/or crack use were assessed in 2,078 fourth graders and 1,082 fifth graders (predominantly African-American urban). Patterns suggest that peer behaviors and attitudes are more influential for socially censored behaviors than for more socially approved behaviors. Perception of friends' behaviors is…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, Black Students