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Effects of Beverage-Specific Alcohol Consumption on Drinking Behaviors among Urban Youth
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Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M.; Reingle, Jennifer M.; Tobler, Amy L.; Komro, Kelli A. – Journal of Drug Education, 2010
Alcoholic beverage consumption among high school students has shifted from beer to liquor. The current longitudinal study examined the effects of beverage-specific alcohol use on drinking behaviors among urban youth. Data included 731 adolescents who participated in Project Northland Chicago and reported consuming alcohol in 7th grade. Logistic…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Adolescents, High School Students
The Relationship between Training Availability and Social Workers' Ability to Treat Problem Drinkers
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Richardson, Marchette A. – Journal of Drug Education, 2007
An explanatory cross sectional investigation was employed to assess how well master's level social work (MSW) programs in the State of New York prepare students for practice with problem drinkers. Five hundred and fifty questionnaires were mailed to members of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). A non-probability sample, consisting…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Social Work, Alcoholism, Caseworkers
Alcohol Expectancies in Relation to Personality and Aggression among Juvenile Delinquents in Northern Russia
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Koposov, Roman A.; Ruchkin, Vladislav V.; Eisemann, Martin; Sidorov, Pavel I. – Journal of Drug Education, 2005
The relationships between alcohol expectancies, level of alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, aggression, and personality factors in 198 Russian male juvenile delinquents were assessed. A clustering procedure was used in order to establish main patterns of alcohol expectancies, yielding three major clusters. Level of alcohol use, alcohol-related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Aggression, Alcoholism
A Uniform Progress and Evaluation Reporting System for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Agencies: Two Examples.
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Kim, Sehwan – Journal of Drug Education, 1982
Provides a systematic approach toward a remedy of the current stagnation in program monitoring and program evaluation, particularly in the field of drug abuse prevention and intervention. This approach introduces a Uniform Progress and Evaluation Reporting System (UPERS), which is capable of rendering comparative judgments across various agency…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Prevention
Experimental Evaluation of "The Images Within": An Alcohol Education and Prevention Program.
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Woodside, Migs; Bishop, Rosean M.; Miller, Lynne T.; Swisher, John D. – Journal of Drug Education, 1997
Describes an evaluation of an alcohol and prevention program in which children of alcoholics (N=278) used artwork to stimulate classroom discussions of the problems of parental alcohol abuse. Results indicate increased knowledge about the effects of alcohol and improved skills in coping with alcohol problems and help-seeking behavior. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Art Therapy, Children
On Re-Tooling the Teachers: An Evaluation of Teacher Training in Alcohol Education.
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Tarnai, John; And Others – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1981
Evaluated the effectiveness of an alcohol education training workshop for teachers in elementary secondary education. Results indicated workshops increased teachers' knowledge about alcohol and alcoholism, understanding of discussion-leading techniques, and some aspects of coping skills. Several components of teacher attitudes about the use of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis