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ERIC Number: EJ418885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-9863
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School, Peer Group, and Inhalant Use among Mexican-American Adolescents.
Menon, Ramdas; And Others
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v12 n4 p408-21 Nov 1990
Examines school roles, school factors, and peer-group influence in predicting Mexican-American adolescents' inhalant use. Surveys 599 adolescents to determine whether unconventional peer associations promote inhalant use. Links academic performance, conduct to drug use. Concludes negative social identity often defined by schools. Makes drug-prevention program recommendations. (TES)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Educational Environment, Identification (Psychology), Inhalants, Mexican Americans, Peer Groups, Peer Influence, School Attitudes, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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