Why Do Adolescents Use Drugs? Age, Sex, and User Differences.

Novacek, Jill; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ495737

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Why Do Adolescents Use Drugs? Age, Sex, and User Differences.

Novacek, Jill; And Others

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v20 n5 p475-92 Oct 1991

Whether there are themes underlying adolescent drug use, and whether these themes are related to age, sex, or type of drug use was studied with 2,637 6th through 12th graders in Oklahoma. Age, gender, and user differences were identified as reasons adolescents use drugs. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Causal Models, Delinquency Causes, Drug Use, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Oklahoma

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