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ERIC Number: EJ412754
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Divorce, Remarriage, and Adolescent Substance Use: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
Needle, Richard H.; And Others
Journal of Marriage and the Family, v52 n1 p157-69 Feb 1990
Examined substance use in adolescents who experienced parental divorce during childhood, during adolescence, or who were from intact families. Adolescence divorce group had greater overall drug involvement. Divorce had negative effect on boys but not on girls. Custodial parents' remarriage led to increased substance use among girls, decreased reports of substance use consequences among boys. (Author/NB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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