The decline of substance use in young adulthood : changes in social activities, roles, and beliefs /
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| Imprint: | Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2002. |
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| Description: | xiv, 307 p. : charts ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4844576 |
Table of Contents:
- Series Editors' Foreword
- Preface
- This Book and the Earlier Book: Distinctions and Overlaps
- Guidelines for Using this Book
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction and Overview
- Observations on Data Quality and Breadth of Generalization
- Studying Complex Causal Relationships in Natural Setting
- 2. Literature Review: Conceptual and Empirical Overview of Issues
- Young Adulthood
- Social Roles
- Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors
- Conclusions
- 3. Examining Mediating Variables--Sample Characteristics and Analysis Strategies
- Sample Characteristics and Representativeness
- A Four-Step Analysis Strategy
- Additional Panel Analysis Issues and Strategies
- 4. Religious Attendance and Importance
- Patterns of Age-Related Change in Religiosity
- How Changes in Religiosity Relate to Changes in Substance Use
- Analyses Linking Religiosity With Post-High-School Experiences
- Summary
- 5. Time Spent on Various Social and Recreational Activities
- Patterns of Age-Related Change in Evenings Out and Related Behaviors
- How Changes in Evenings Out Are Linked With Changes in Substance Use
- How Changes in Other Social-Recreational Behaviors Are Linked With Changes in Substance Use
- Analyses Linking Recreational Lifestyle With Post-High-School Experiences
- Summary
- 6. Perceived Risks and Disapproval of Smoking, Heavy Drinking, and Illicit Drug Use
- Focusing on Views About Specific Substances Rather than Substance Use in General
- Patterns of Age-Related Change in Perceived Risks and Disapproval
- How Perceived Risks and Disapproval Are Correlated With Substance Use
- Analyses Linking Perceived Risks and Disapproval With Post-High-School Experiences
- Summary
- 7. Friends' Use of Substances, and Perceived Availability of Illicit Drugs
- Patterns of Age-Related Change in (Perceived) Friends' Use of Substances and in Perceived Availability of Illicit Drugs
- How Perceptions of Friends' Use Are Correlated With Substance Use
- How Perceptions of Availability Are Correlated With Substance Use
- Analyses Linking Friends' Use of Substances With Post-High-School Experiences
- Analyses Linking Perceptions of Availability With Post-High-School Experiences
- Summary
- 8. Putting the Pieces Together--Structural Equation Models
- Decisions About Variables, Samples, and Models
- Analytic Approach
- Findings From the Structural Equation Modeling
- Summary
- 9. Summary, Conclusions, and Implications
- Conceptual Overview Revisited: Fitting Together All of the Pieces
- Impacts of the New Freedoms and New Responsibilities in Young Adulthood
- Conclusions and Implications
- Concluding Comments on Declining Substance Use in Young Adulthood: Impacts of Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs
- Appendix
- Sampling and Data-Collection Procedures
- Patterns of Post-High-School Experiences
- Multiple Classification Analyses Predicting Changes in Mediating Variables
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index