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Direct linkSullivan, Terri N.; Kung, Eva M.; Farrell, Albert D. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
This study examined the relation between witnessing violence and drug use initiation among 6th graders attending middle schools in 5 rural counties and investigated the extent to which family support and parental monitoring moderated this relation. Data were obtained from 1,282 adolescents at 2 time points during the 6th grade. Witnessing violence…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle Schools, Substance Abuse, Adolescents
Peer reviewedFarrell, Albert D.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1992
Tested relevance of risk-factor model for predicting drug use among rural seventh graders (n=235). Nineteen of 20 risk factors were significantly related to at least 1 category of drug use. Subset of 10 risk factors was significantly associated with prevalence and frequency of use of cigarettes, beer and wine, hard liquor, marijuana, and other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drug Use, Grade 7
