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Drug Education: The Effects of Giving Information.
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Pickens, Keith – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1985
Examines the evidence on the effects of giving information about drugs as part of drug education programs. Discusses the impact of information on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior surrounding drugs and drug use. Concludes that the effects of drug information on behavior are best regarded as unpredictable. (BH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Drug Education, Drug Use
Drug Use Patterns among Black Male Juvenile Delinquents.
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Jackson, Mary S. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1992
Examined drug use patterns among incarcerated African-American juvenile delinquents (n=248). Found that 90 percent of participants had used some illicit mood altering substance, between 30 percent and 46 percent reported daily use, and average age at initial use was approximately 12 years. Alcohol use tended to precede by about five months use of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Black Youth, Delinquency
Alcohol and Drug Use in Fraternities and Sororities.
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Goodwin, Leonard – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1992
Examined factors related to alcohol and other drug use among over 2,000 fraternity and sorority members. Found similar bases for alcohol and other drug use, including acceptability of inebriation and high school pattern of drinking. There tended to be more drug use among students with lower physical tolerance for alcohol than among those with…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Drinking
Alcohol Education Can Prevent Alcohol Problems: A Summary of Some Unique Research Findings.
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Gonzalez, Gerardo M. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1982
Presents research which indicates that alcohol education efforts based on a "knowledge-attitude-behavior" model can be effective in reducing alcohol problems. Summarizes essential requirements of effective alcohol education. (RC)
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs as Defined by Users and Non-Users.
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Kodman, Frank – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1983
Used a revised alcohol scale to estimate what college students (N=692) would consider to be addiction to alcohol and drugs. The median number of yes answers was computed for alcohol nonusers, users and drug users and nonusers. Overall, students were very liberal in their opinions. (JAC)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, College Students
High School Drinking Habits among Illinois Students.
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Bradley, Thomas – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1982
Gathered information from 367 high school students on self-report survey about drinking. Results showed statistically positive correlations between parental acceptance and regular drinking, grade level in high school and consumption levels, grade level and frequency of drunkenness, grade level and source patterns, and regular consumption and lower…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcoholic Beverages, Behavior Patterns, Drinking
Who Is Using What in the Public Schools: The Interrelationships among Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco Use by Adolescents in New Brunswick Classrooms.
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Grobe, Cary; Campbell, Elaine – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1990
Attempted to discover patterns of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use among public school children in New Brunswick using Provincial School Drug Survey (PSDS), an existing large-scale assessment. Recoded variables in PSDS dataset to derive profiles of typical tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol users. Found increase in predictive accuracy of regression…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Cocaine