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The Relationship Between Risk For Drug Abuse And Meaning In Life, Paul Turner
The Relationship Between Risk For Drug Abuse And Meaning In Life, Paul Turner
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Drug abuse continues to be one of the most significant problems in the United States today. Attempts to understand drug abuse have produced numerous multidimensional prevention and treatment models. These models have resulted in the identification of psychological, social and biological risk factors related to drug abuse. In this study, the risk for drug abuse was assessed in 311 college students. A questionnaire was developed to measure risk. The questionnaire assessed risk for abuse predicted by the following factors: academic performance, coping and psychological health, religiosity, family and peer drug use, and the individual's past and current drug use. Based …
Factors Which Predict The Initiation And Use Of Alcohol In Rural Adolescents, Charlotte Swint
Factors Which Predict The Initiation And Use Of Alcohol In Rural Adolescents, Charlotte Swint
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The purpose of this research was to determine whether a selected group of factors are significant when trying to predict the use of alcohol by adolescents who live in rural areas. This research is important because most of the studies concerning drug and alcohol use in adolescents have focused on adolescents who live in urban areas. The results of such studies may not be generalizable to rural populations. The factors investigated included the following: availability of alcohol, peer influence, parental influence, tobacco use, gender, and grade level. These factors were chosen based on their inclusion in four prominent theories regarding …