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ERIC Number: EJ442536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2379
Early Childhood and Maternal Antecedents to Drug Use.
Friedman, Alfred S.; And Others
Journal of Drug Education, v21 n4 p313-31 1991
Examined substance use histories on 640 young African-American adults who had been studied from birth to age 7. Postulated that at-risk infant was outgoing, responsive, assertive/impulsive, or willful; and lived in unfavorable family environment, with mother who was negative toward infant, many small children and more fetal deaths, and poor social environment. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Children, Drug Use, Family Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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