ERIC Number: EJ429310
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-5360
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Why Do They Drink?
Levin, Boris Mikhailovich; Levin, Mikhail Borisovich
Soviet Education, v32 n1 p75-92 Jan 1990
Compares opinions of students from secondary, vocational, and technicums technical schools in the USSR on why Soviet students drink alcohol. Reasons include companionship, celebrations, curiosity, and imitation. Investigates gender differences. Underscores student naivete about alcohol's effects. Indicates discrepancies between students' stated policies and actual experiences. Emphasizes enormity of parental influence. (CH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Comparative Analysis, Drinking, Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Sex Differences, Social Science Research, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Student Experience, Technical Institutes, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Parents; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: USSR
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