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Brooks, Audrey J.; Stuewig, Jeff; LeCroy, Craig Winston – Journal of Drug Education, 1998
Examines the relative influence of family, school, peer influences, perceived student substance abuse, family substance abuse, and acculturation on Mexican-American early adolescents (N=413). Results show that family functioning and family use directly influence males, whereas family use and student use directly influence females. Family…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Influence, Females, Grade 7
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Doherty, Kathleen T.; Szalay, Lorand B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1996
Developed a cognitive mapping technique to investigate psychological propensities that increase one's risk for substance abuse. Male and female frequent users (N=400) and nonusers (N=400) were sampled and gender differences in substance abuse were examined. Results indicate that men show greater vulnerability, overall, to substance abuse than do…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Females, Males, Psychological Characteristics
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Johnson, Patrick B. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1994
This study compared how alcohol effect expectancies and reaction expectancies related to one another and to male and female college students' drinking behavior. Analyses indicated that different types and patterns of expectancies were gender specific. Discusses results in terms of the nature of gender/expectancy/drinking relationships. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, College Students