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Download full textRokach, Ami; Orzeck, Tricia – 2002
Since there appears to be a connection between substance use (and abuse) and loneliness it is of theoretical and clinical interest to explore the differences of coping with loneliness which drug users employ. The present study examined the manner in which MDMA (Ecstasy) users in comparison with non-MDMA (Non-Ecstasy) users and the general…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Drug Rehabilitation, Illegal Drug Use
Peer reviewedDowns, William R.; Robertson, Joan F.; Harrison, Larry R. – Adolescence, 1997
Analyzes baseline variables to examine associations among control and labeling theory variables, diversion, gender, and drug use. Results show that changes in drug use over time appeared to be a function of several complicated processes. Reports other findings and suggests that studies of deviant behavior need to be multitheoretical. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Delinquency, Drug Rehabilitation
Ellis, Barbara Gray, Ed. – 1980
This monograph contains several commissioned papers which attest to the significance of the family perspective in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of drug abuse. Papers discussing the fundamentals of a conceptual framework for the family perspective are followed by a review of theories of family growth and development, structure,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Correlation, Drug Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Appropriations. – 1983
This document contains Congressional and nondepartmental witness testimony from the Congressional hearing on youth drug abuse in New York. Opening statements are presented on the incidence of drug use in America, the role of the federal government, the impact of drugs on youth, foreign country production of illegal drugs, funding to fight illegal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Services, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. – 1999
This TIP on the best practice guidelines for treatment of substance abuse aims to help teach treatment providers about the latest information available to design and deliver better services to adolescent clients with substance use disorders. This publication represents advances in the understanding of the immediate and long-term physiologic,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Counselor Training, Drug Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedShedler, Jonathan; Block, Jack – American Psychologist, 1990
Investigates the relation between psychological characteristics and drug use in subjects studied longitudinally, from preschool through age 18. Psychological differences between frequent drug users, experimenters, and abstainers could be traced to the earliest years of childhood and related to the quality of parenting received. Discusses how…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Child Development, Child Rearing
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
The challenges to Congress posed by the threat of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to children are to support the development of more humane and cost-effective treatment and care, and to stop the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The rate of reported HIV infection and cases of AIDS among children and youth is increasing.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Children, Communicable Diseases
