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Peer reviewedWerch, Chudley E.; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1994
This study examined stages of drug habit acquisition and change among college students, basing the proposed stages of drug use on the Multi-Component Motivational Stages prevention model. Surveys indicated the model helped explain the stages of substance use. The proportion of youths at each stage differed by type of drug. (SM)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Change, Cocaine, College Students
Download full textLucey, Richard, Jr.; Marel, Rozanne; Smith, R. B.; Frank, Blanche; Schmeidler, James – 1999
This survey examined alcohol and other drug use among full- and part-time undergraduate students from 18 colleges in New York State. Students (n=4,646) completed questionnaires on demographics; working and living arrangements; academics; perceptions of campus substance abuse policies; drinking behavior and substance abuse patterns; and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, College Students, Drug Abuse
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1996
The results of the twenty-first national survey of drug use and related attitudes among U.S. high school students are reported. This volume contains the results from the secondary school samples taken from eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders. All the data come from an ongoing national research and reporting program. Distinctions are made among…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
Nolin, Mary Jo; And Others – 1997
Recent research on middle and senior high school students showed a reversal of previous decline in smoking marijuana and using drugs other than marijuana, a decline in students' personal disapproval of marijuana, and a high prevalence of alcohol use. Student reports of peer approval, availability, and use at school of alcohol, marijuana, and other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Children, Drinking
Peer reviewedIannotti, 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
Dewalt, Mark W. – 1993
This paper discusses a study that examines the relationship between participation in religious youth groups, smoking behavior and subsequent use of cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol. The document briefly surveys earlier research on smoking and drug abuse. The study surveyed students, schools, parents, teachers, and student academic achievement data.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Behavioral Science Research, Cocaine, Drinking
