Conducted longitudinal study of 232 high school students and found that earlier psychopathology predicted, to a statistically significant degree, substance use 17 months later, and that earlier substance use predicted later psychopathology. Among nine types of psychic symptoms measured, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, hostility, paranoid ideation,…

Results indicated school grade, controlled for age, was the only client predictor variable found to account for more than one percent of the variance in the "Reasons for Discharge." Marijuana was the only client variable to account for more than one percent of the variance in the "Reduction in Drug Use." (Author/BL)

Examined the relationship between drug use and graduation among 526 high school students. Results indicated the majority of drug users dropped out, compared to only one of four non-drug users. In a multiple regression analysis, controlling for demographic, personal and family variables, the severity of drug use still predicted failure to graduate.…

Surveyed 138 parents and compared their attitudes toward children's use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco with previous findings on attitudes of students. Results suggested each generation demands a stricter standard of behavior from the other generation than from their own. (JAC)

Describes development of Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD), a 150-item instrument with a structured interview format, which produces a comprehensive evaluation of the life problem areas pertinent to the needs of adolescent drug abuse clients. A series of validity and reliability tests are described, along with characteristics of the…

Collected data from 189 adolescents applying for outpatient drug treatment, and separately from their mothers. Results indicated that mothers' information about adolescent's drug use was neither very complete not accurate. Adolescents reported significantly more use of alcohol, but significantly less problem with alcohol use than did mothers.…

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…

Examined failure to graduate from high school as a function of grade point average and substance abuse among Phildelphia high school students (N=427). Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that the gradepoint averages are more powerful predictors to eventual failure to graduate than are "Drug Severity Index" scores. (BL)