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Peer reviewedMcCoy, Clyde B.; Watkins, Virginia McCoy – Youth and Society, 1980
Research findings show that, compared with Black, Polish, and other ethnic urban youth, urban Appalachian teenagers exhibit greater symptomatic behavior indicating severe difficulties in coping with urban environments. Particularly striking among these patterns, which hold for both females and males, is the heavy drug use among Appalachian youth.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, Black Youth
