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Megan E. Patrick; Richard A. Miech; Lloyd D. Johnston; Patrick M. O’Malley – Institute for Social Research, 2024
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is an ongoing research program conducted at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research under a series of investigator-initiated research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse beginning in 1975. The integrated MTF study includes annual surveys of nationally-representative samples of 8th, 10th,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse, Adults, Young Adults
Formby, Susie – National Literacy Trust, 2014
This report outlines findings from Pearson and the National Literacy Trust's second annual early years literacy survey, conducted in May to July 2014. 1,012 parents of children aged 3 to 5 and 567 early years practitioners who work with this age group participated. Attainment data in the form of vocabulary abilities were available for a subsample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Emergent Literacy, Young Children
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2009
Since the mid-1960s, when illicit drug use burgeoned in the normal youth population, substance use by American young people has proven to be a rapidly changing phenomenon. Smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use are leading causes of morbidity and mortality, both during adolescence as well as later in life. How vigorously the nation responds to…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drug Use, Grade 12, Grade 10
Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – 1986
The Monitoring the Future project was created to assess the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of American youth on a continuing basis. Trends in marijuana use and related attitudes were investigated, and alternative hypotheses about the linkage between attitudes and behaviors were examined. Data were obtained using questionnaires…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Drug Use, High School Seniors
Lindberg, Laura Duberstein; Boggess, Scott; Porter, Laura; Williams, Sean – 2000
This report provides a statistical portrait of teen participation in 10 of the most prevalent risk behaviors. It focuses on the overall participation in each behavior and in multiple risk taking. The booklet presents the overall incidence and patterns of teen involvement in the following risk behaviors: (1) regular alcohol use; (2) regular tobacco…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Drinking, Drug Use, Health Behavior
Gottfredson, Linda S. – 1980
This report describes a study that examined three types of change that affect career development: (1) changes in jobs and behavior that occur as people mature and age, (2) cultural changes that alter the opportunities and attitudes of people born at different times in history, and (3) changes in the environment that affect the opportunities and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development