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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
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Applied Studies. – 2003
Most studies dealing with the impact of September 11, 2001 events are limited by reliance on recall of individuals about their behaviors before and after the events. To understand the consequences of significant, unexpected events, it is useful to have baseline information for the purpose of comparison. This report examines the potential effects…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Coping, Data Analysis, Mental Health
Maryland State Department of Education, 2008
Periodically, Maryland's sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders are surveyed to determine the nature, extent, and trend of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use among adolescents. The "2007 Maryland Adolescent Survey (MAS)" presents the latest findings regarding ATOD use by Maryland's adolescents and compares State and local…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Marijuana, Prevention, Adolescents
Newman, Ian M.; Anderson, Carolyn S. – 1989
This research report describes alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among a representative sample of 7,187 Nebraska junior and senior high school students. The research is from an ongoing project: the Nebraska Adolescent Drug Use survey, which was initiated in 1982. The stated purpose of the project is to provide baseline and updated survey…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Patterns, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Hopkins, David – 1998
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the 10- to 19-year-old population in Oregon. The suicide rate has increased more than five-fold in the last three and one-half decades. This trend can be reversed by developing an understanding of the characteristics, behaviors, and events associated with suicide in at-risk youth. The Youth Risk…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cultural Influences, High Risk Students, High School Students
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Compensatory Education and Support Services. – 1995
This report details the latest findings from the biennial Maryland Adolescent Survey of the extent and trends in alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among students. To permit comparisons with national findings and trends, the form and content of survey items parallel those of the annual national study "Monitoring the Future," conducted by the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Drinking, Drug Use