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Download full textRingwalt, Chris – 1988
This study examined differences in the use of and beliefs about drugs, by high school athletes and non-athletes. Data for the study were derived from a representative sample of 10,259 7th through 12th grade students in North Carolina conducted in the spring of 1987. Data reported in the study were limited to 11th and 12th grade students, who are…
Descriptors: Athletes, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Grade 11
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Direct linkNewcomb, Michael D.; Abbott, Robert D.; Catalano, Richard F.; Hawkins, J. David; Battin-Pearson, Sara; Hill, Karl – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
Understanding and preventing high school failure is a national priority. Structural strain and general deviance theories attempt to explain late high school failure. The authors tested the hypotheses that general (vs. specific) deviance and academic competence mediate the relationships between structural strain factors (gender, ethnicity, and…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Drug Use, High Schools, Dropouts
