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Peer reviewedAllen, Ola; Page, Randy M. – Adolescence, 1994
Examined substance use among rural black and rural white students (n=1,915). Found that black males were significantly less likely than white males to drink alcohol; get drunk; smoke cigarettes; or use smokeless tobacco, hallucinogens, and sedatives. Black females were significantly less likely than white females to drink alcohol; get drunk; smoke…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Black Students, Drinking, Drug Use
Peer reviewedSilverman, Wade H. – Journal of Adolescent Chemical Dependency, 1991
Surveyed all secondary school students (n=1,175) in rural county school system to assess prevalence rates of substance use for teenagers and their parents. Age, sex, and race were related to frequency and type of substance abuse. Lifestyle variables such as music preferences, sexual activity, and choice of friends also related to substance use.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Drug Use, Friendship
Peer reviewedSarvela, Paul D.; McClendon, E. J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1988
The relationships among drug use, health beliefs, peer use, sex, and religion were examined using data collected from 265 seventh graders in rural northern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in January and February of 1984. Positive relationships were found between drug use and peer use and health beliefs. (TJH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Drinking, Drug Use, Grade 7
