Examines the type, frequency, and chronicity of alcohol and drug use, impact of such use on functioning, and concomitant psychiatric diagnoses, symptomatology, and behavior problems among adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Results indicate that approximately 50% of the sample had problems with drugs or alcohol, which supports the need for…

Students from sixth grade to college were asked to react to a hypothetical case of problem drinking. With age, the students perceived the problem as less serious, less often attributed it to moral weakness, more often emphasized the individual's responsibility for solving the problem, and expressed more acceptance. Males were more likely than…

Examined college student (n=552) drinking behavior and explored underlying reasons for continued excessive drinking. Results revealed alcohol-related physical symptoms, negative behavioral outcomes, and high incidence of driving while alcohol impaired. Students who were frequent drinkers showed little, if any, concern for their own drinking…

Categorized 179 college students as masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated. Found gender orientations related to overall quantity-frequency index of alcohol consumption and beverage type. Androgynous respondents consumed less total alcohol than other groups; undifferentiated subjects drank more than feminine or androgynous subjects;…

Examined social context of alcohol use among 798 college students. Found significant multivariate interaction involving gender and alcohol use intensity on 6 social context factors. Among women, social context of Emotional Pain most clearly separated lower intensity from higher intensity drinkers, whereas for men, clearest separating factor was…

Findings from 470 students at 1 urban commuter university revealed that sizable percentage of respondents reported consuming alcohol 10 or more times within last 30 days, drinking to intoxication 3 or more times within last 2 weeks, having family history of alcoholism, driving while using alcohol, missing class because of drinking, and receiving…

Results of a project regarding drug education in 750 elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools in Finland confirm that drug abuse is less significant there than elsewhere in Europe--only about 1 percent of the problem caused by alcohol abuse. (JOW)

Provides an overview of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and outlines a program of primary prevention for FAS. The implications for health educators in a variety of settings are also discussed. (GLR)

Compared African-American and white college student alcohol and other drug use. Administered Student Alcohol and Other Drug Usage questionnaire to 49 African-American college students and compared responses to those of large group of white students from previous research. Found significant differences showing alcohol abuse to be less of a problem…

College students (n=713) responded to questions about alcohol effects, their own alcohol use, and their beliefs about risks associated with alcohol use for college students in general and for themselves in particular. Knowledge did not predict reduced use or abuse patterns, nor did perceived risk of abuse for students in general. (Author/ABL)

Examined patterns of drug use among southern, metropolitan, middle to upper-middle class high school students (n=240). Found that alcohol use was much more prevalent than was marijuana use. There was little evidence that many students had ever used cocaine in any form, depressants, phencyclidine (PCP), or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).(NB)

Surveyed 860 college students. Found significantly greater problem drinking indicated by students who reported having parent or grandparent diagnosed or treated for alcoholism; highest rates of problem drinking among students who reported both alcoholic parent and grandparent. Students who had experienced family discord from parental alcohol…

Summarizes major, recent research findings concerning illegal alcohol use and intoxicated driving among American youth. Examines what research revealed about the nature of underage drinking and driving; what health, social, and legal ramifications are associated with drinking and driving; and what characteristics and behavioral patterns are found…

Focuses on Woodland Hills, Minnesota peer-group treatment program for adolescent delinquents based on Positive Peer Culture (PPC) treatment model. Notes that, in recent years, over 80% of Woodland Hills students also have presented history of alcohol and drug abuse. Describes Woodland Hills substance abuse program which is integrated into PPC…

Examined relationship between roles in the family and individual personality types and abusive drinking among young adults (n=674). Family roles and personality type were found to moderate effects of family-of-origin variables on abusive drinking: family role of hero acted as buffer between family of origin and young adult's drinking behaviors;…