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Ball, Samuel A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Systematically assessed replicability and generalizability of a multidimensional alcoholism typological system in 399 inpatient, outpatient, and non-treatment-seeking cocaine abusers. Two different procedures supported the construct, concurrent, and predictive validity of the Type A-Type B distinction in cocaine abusers. Multidimensional…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Cocaine

Felts, W. Michael; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Examines the relationship between adolescent drug use and suicide ideation and suicidal behavior for 3,064 high school students, who were respondents to the North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Drug use, particularly of crack cocaine, is related to increased suicide ideation and suicidal behavior in this group. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Cocaine, Crack
Pelham, Trena L.; DeJong, Allan R. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
A survey of 81 pediatric and 81 obstetric training programs from 42 states determined that respondents favored screening pregnant patients for cocaine abuse by maternal history (81 percent) and urine toxicology (36 percent), though many fewer reported these as established policy. Physicians favored such interventions as voluntary drug…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Congenital Impairments, Drug Abuse, Intervention

Mullin, Jeff B. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper considers the major consequences of prenatal exposure to cocaine, including physiological effects and characteristics of exposed infants and then goes on to discuss the education of these children, noting various behavioral approaches and the importance of assessment. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Cocaine, Congenital Impairments

Delaney-Black, Virginia; Covington, Chandice; Templin, Thomas; Kershaw, Trace; Nordstrom-Klee, Beth; Ager, Joel; Clark, Nikilia; Surendran, Arvind; Martier, Susan; Sokol, Robert J. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
A study of 458 6-year olds (204 prenatally exposed to cocaine), found low language children (n=57) were more likely to be cocaine exposed (63.1 percent), with cocaine-exposed children 2.4 times more likely to be in the low language groups compared with control children after adjustment for covariates. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Cocaine, Data Analysis, Drug Abuse, Expressive Language
Bourgois, Philippe – 1991
This paper contains ethnographic participant-observation field notes taken on a one-night visit to a "shooting gallery" in East Harlem (New York City) along with background information and commentary. East Harlem, also referred to as "El Barrio" or Spanish Harlem, is a 200-square block neighborhood on the upper East Side of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cocaine, Crack, Crime
Schatz, Mona Struhsaker; Mallea, Evelyn – 1992
This module is part of a training program for foster parents and foster care workers offered at Colorado State University. The module examines the effects of maternal alcohol and crack use during the prenatal period on infants, and the transmission of AIDS to infants. The module's learning objectives address: (1) foster care concerns for medically…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Problems, Cocaine, Crack
Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago. – 1990
As a result of federal law Public Law 99-457, Illinois has the opportunity to provide early intervention for at-risk children up to 3 years of age. These children have developmental delays, such as cerebral palsy, or are cocaine or alcohol babies. The legislative history and current status of Public Law 99-457 as it relates to the planning of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cerebral Palsy, Cocaine, Community Coordination
Boggess, Patricia A.; Reiman, Dean – 1990
This report describes a service model developed for the Division of Children and Family Services in Wenatchee, Washington that attempts to address the needs of families impacted by substance abuse. The service area is rural and has an overwhelming drug problem. Caseload trends provide evidence for a large number of drug-related referrals and an…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Children, Cocaine
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2004
The use of licit and illicit drugs by American young people has been a source of major policy and public health concerns for the United States since the mid-1960s. The use of these substances is a leading cause of eventual disease and death in the population, but it also contributes in important ways to mortality and morbidity during adolescence. …
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Smoking, Secondary School Students
Venuti, John Paul; Conroy, Matthew; Landis, Pamela; Chambliss, Catherine – 2000
This study assesses the differential substance use between male and female college students through the administration of a survey of recent use of six commonly used psychoactive substances (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and caffeine). It investigates the situational contexts associated with use of particular substances…
Descriptors: Cocaine, College Athletics, College Students, Drinking

Spence, John C.; Gauvin, Lise – Journal of Drug Education, 1996
Using a stratified random sampling procedure, 754 student athletes were surveyed regarding drug and alcohol use in eight different sports from eight universities across Canada. Provides statistics of substances athletes reported using, including pain medications, weight loss products, anabolic steroids, smokeless tobacco products, alcohol,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Athletes, Behavior Standards, Cocaine

Bowen, Anne M.; Trotter, Robert, II – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Expanded the applicability of stage models to the reduction of HIV-risk behaviors. Distributed not-in-treatment crack cocaine smokers and intravenous drug users across three levels of intention to change, which revealed that benefits of change and condom assertiveness varied across the stages of change. Discusses other findings. (RJM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Behavior, Change
National Institute of Justice Journal, 1993
Presents results from the 1992 Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) program that measures illicit drug use among persons arrested for criminal behavior. Adult use of specific drugs, male juvenile drug use, and the role of the DUF are explored. (GLR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cocaine, Comparative Analysis

Rivers, Kenyatta O.; Hedrick, Dona L. – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1998
Follow-up comparison of a survey of seven speech-language pathologists (SLP) concerning children prenatally exposed to drugs including cocaine (PED+C) with earlier studies found: (1) the numbers of children PED+C seen by SLPs increased; (2) the variety of evaluation instruments used to determine speech-language strengths and weaknesses increased;…
Descriptors: Children, Cocaine, Drug Abuse, Evaluation Methods