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ERIC Number: EJ473935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0090-1482
An Exploratory Study of Decision Making as Related to Tobacco and Alcohol Use of Eighth Graders.
Pfeffer, Janet
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, v39 n1 p111-22 Fall 1993
Eighth graders (n=85) listed responses to scenario involving offer of ride to party with possibly inebriated driver. Accident risk was mentioned by 74% of students. Nonsmokers and nondrinkers more frequently mentioned various risks, uncertainties about party activities, and interpersonal influences. Smokers and drinkers more frequently mentioned attractions to party and internal influences. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Decision Making, Drinking, Driving While Intoxicated, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Smoking, Tobacco
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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