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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Adolescent Substance Use with Friends: Moderating and Mediating Effects of Parental Monitoring and Peer Activity Contexts
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Kiesner, Jeff; Poulin, Francois; Dishion, Thomas J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
The influence of using substances with friends on future individual use was examined in the context of parental monitoring rules and the ecology of peer activities. A 1-year longitudinal study design included a combined sample of North Italian and French Canadian adolescents (N = 285, 53% girls, M = 14.25 years). Data analyses were conducted using…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, French Canadians, Adolescents, Ecology
Variable- and Person-Centered Approaches to the Analysis of Early Adolescent Substance Use: Linking Peer, Family, and Intervention Effects with Developmental Trajectories
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Connell, Arin M.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
This 4-year study of 698 young adolescents examined the covariates of early onset substance use from Grade 6 through Grade 9. The youth were randomly assigned to a family-centered Adolescent Transitions Program (ATP) condition. Variable-centered (zero-inflated Poisson growth model) and person-centered (latent growth mixture model) approaches were…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Prevention, Early Adolescents, Adolescents