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Structural-Equation Models Of Current Drug Use: Are Appropriate Models So Simple(X)?, Ron D. Hays, Keith F. Widaman, M. Robin Dimatteo, Alan W. Stacy Jan 1987

Structural-Equation Models Of Current Drug Use: Are Appropriate Models So Simple(X)?, Ron D. Hays, Keith F. Widaman, M. Robin Dimatteo, Alan W. Stacy

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The simplex and common-factor models of drug use were compared using maximum-likelihood estimation of latent variable structural models in two samples: a sample of 226 high school students, using ratio-scale measures of current drug use, and a sample of 310 industrial workers and 811 college students, using ordinal-scale measures of current drug use. Latent variables of alcohol, marijuana, enhancer hard drugs, and dampener hard drugs were specified in a series of structural models. Contrary to previous findings with cumulative drug-use data, the common-factor model provided a more acceptable representation of the observed current-use data than did the simplex model in …

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Validity Of Self-Reports Of Alcohol And Other Drug Use: A Multitrait-Multimethod Assessment, Alan W. Stacy, Keith F. Widaman, Ron Hays, M. Robin Dimatteo Jul 1985

Validity Of Self-Reports Of Alcohol And Other Drug Use: A Multitrait-Multimethod Assessment, Alan W. Stacy, Keith F. Widaman, Ron Hays, M. Robin Dimatteo

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Used 4 methods (self-reported rating, self-reported intake, peer-reported rating, and peer-reported intake) and multiple analytical criteria to assess the construct validity of reports of 3 types of substance use (alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes) in a study of 194 college students who were members of friendship pairs. Ss answered questions about their own use and their friend's use of substances, classified their own and their friend's use of each substance according to 6 categories, and completed scales measuring the negative consequences of marijuana and alcohol. The resulting multitrait-multimethod matrix was analyzed in the traditional fashion as well as with confirmatory factor …

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Juvenile Delinquency: Interim Report Of The Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-Third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant To S. Res. 89 And S. Res. 190 (83d Congress, 1st And 2d Sessions) To Study Juvenile Delinquency In The United States, United States Congress, Us Senate Mar 1955

Juvenile Delinquency: Interim Report Of The Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-Third Congress, Second Session, Pursuant To S. Res. 89 And S. Res. 190 (83d Congress, 1st And 2d Sessions) To Study Juvenile Delinquency In The United States, United States Congress, Us Senate

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This report, dated March 14, 1955, from the United States (US) Senate Committee on the Judiciary is a study of juvenile delinquency in the US. The study aimed to define and characterize juvenile delinquency, to determine its cause and contributing factors, to study sentencing and corrective measures in use, and to determine if juveniles are breaking Federal narcotics laws. The study took place over a 17 month period. Under the subheading "Special problems" is a section on "Juvenile delinquency among Indian children." In 1956, the committee released a report focused exclusively on "Juvenile Delinquency Among the Indians."

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