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Finch, Andrew J.; Frieden, Gina – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
Recovery high schools are secondary schools designed specifically for students recovering from substance use or co-occurring disorders. Studies have affirmed the chronic nature of substance use disorders and the developmental value of social supports for adolescents. As part of understanding human growth and development, training programs for…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Role, Institutional Characteristics, Ecological Factors
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Huebner, Angela J.; Shettler, Lauren; Matheson, Jennifer L.; Meszaros, Peggy S.; Piercy, Fred P.; Davis, Sean D. – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2006
We examined the salience of multiple ecological factors (individual, family, peer, school, and community) as differential predictors of smoking for adolescent African-Americans and Whites in a sample of 2,029 7th-12th grade girls from a Mid-Atlantic southeastern state. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that significant predictors of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Cultural Differences, Predictor Variables, Females