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University at Albany, State University of New York

2010

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The Impact Of After-School Programming, Neighborhood Safety, And Neighborhood Support On Adolescent Alcohol Use, Kimberly Moonan May 2010

The Impact Of After-School Programming, Neighborhood Safety, And Neighborhood Support On Adolescent Alcohol Use, Kimberly Moonan

Social Welfare

This study seeks to evaluate the relationship between monitoring and adolescent deviant behaviors, with a specific focus on adolescent alcohol use. It is hypothesized that when community safety and support are low; after-school programming will serve as a protective factor and lower levels of alcohol use will be reported. Data were collected on a sample of 373 using the Student Success Profile. Because research shows that adolescent-report of friend behaviors is actually more reflective of their own behaviors (adolescents project their beliefs about own behaviors onto their peers), this study used adolescent-report on peer behaviors as an indicator of self-use. …