The first year out : understanding American teens after high school /

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Author / Creator:Clydesdale, Timothy T. (Timothy Thomas), 1965-
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
Language:English
Series:Morality and society series
Morality and society.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11186862
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ISBN:9780226110677
0226110672
9780226110653
0226110656
9780226110660
0226110664
1281959383
9781281959386
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
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Summary:Wild parties, late nights, and lots of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Many assume these are the things that define an American teenager?s first year after high school. But the reality is really quite different. As Tim Clydesdale reports in The First Year Out, teenagers generally manage the increased responsibilities of everyday life immediately after graduation effectively. But, like many good things, this comes at a cost. Tracking the daily lives of fifty young people making the transition to life after high school, Clydesdale reveals how teens settle into manageable patterns of substance use and s.
Other form:Print version: Clydesdale, Timothy T. (Timothy Thomas), 1965- First year out. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007 9780226110653 0226110656