Perceptions of friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban schoolchildren: a longitudinal analysis
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Perceived friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban adolescent and preadolescent school children is related more to prior substance use over a longitudinal period as compared to peers' self-reported actual use. Findings minimize the importance of friends' use on substance use although the influence of perceived peers' substance use increases with age. Perceived friends' use influences subsequent perceptions rather than determines subsequent substance use. Classmates' use and perceived family use also predict prior substance use.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 1996
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Mode effects for collecting alcohol and tobacco data among 3rd and 4th grade students: A randomized pilot study of Web-form versus paper-form surveys
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The feasibility and possible mode effects of using a Web-form versus a paper-form survey to collect alcohol and tobacco data from 3rd and 4th grade students were examined. The findings of the study offer preliminary evidence that Web-form surveys could be considered for collecting alcohol and tobacco use data among young children.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2005
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Acculturation status and heavy alcohol use among Mexican American college students: investigating the moderating role of gender
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A study of Mexican Americans college students to analyze gender affects relationship between acculturation and alcohol use is presented.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2006
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