ERIC Number: EJ878333
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jan
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2379
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A Six-Wave Study of the Consistency of Mexican/Mexican American Preadolescents' Lifetime Substance Use Reports
Wagstaff, David A.; Kulis, Stephen; Elek, Elvira
Journal of Drug Education, v39 n4 p361-384 Jan 2009
In the Fall of 2004, 1,948 5th grade students from Phoenix, AZ enrolled in an evaluation of a school-based, substance use prevention intervention. To assess the consistency of Mexican and Mexican-American students' self-reports of lifetime substance use, the present study analyzed data reported by 1,418 students who reported Mexican ancestry and completed 2 to 6 questionnaires administered over a 40-month period. By wave 6, which was completed in March 2008, lifetime alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, and inhalant use rates were 86.0%, 65.0%, 64.5%, and 62.1%, respectively. Corresponding rescission rates were 24.0%, 9.6%, 5.8%, and 9.2%. Reporting patterns with one "Yes-No" sequence accounted for more than 88% of the inconsistent self-reports. This finding suggests that the majority of Mexican/Mexican-American preadolescents participating in a substance use prevention intervention provided logically consistent self-reports of lifetime substance use. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Mexican Americans, Prevention, Preadolescents, Grade 5, Hispanic Americans, Program Evaluation, Substance Abuse, Questionnaires, Drinking, Smoking, Marijuana, Inhalants, Measurement Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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