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Tucker, Joan S.; Edelen, Maria Orlando; Ellickson, Phyllis L.; Klein, David J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Little is known about the adolescent risk factors and young adult health-related outcomes associated with running away from home. We examined these correlates of running away using longitudinal data from 4,329 youth (48% female, 85% white) who were followed from Grade 9 to age 21. Nearly 14% of the sample reported running away in the past year at…
Descriptors: Runaways, Young Adults, Adolescents, Grade 9
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Costello, Barbara J.; Anderson, Bradley J.; Stein, Michael D. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2006
Despite a growing body of literature on the causes of heavy episodic drinking, little attention has been paid to this phenomenon in the sociological and criminological literature. This research assesses the extent to which a popular theory of crime and deviance, control theory, can explain heavy episodic drinking. Analysis of data collected from a…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Social Integration, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking