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Title Smoking, drinking, and drug use in young adulthood : the impacts of new freedoms and new responsibilities / Jerald G. Bachman [and others]
Published Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 241 pages) : illustrations
Series Research monographs in adolescence
Research monographs in adolescence.
Contents Cover; Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood: The Impacts of New Freedomsand New Responsibilities; Copyright; Contents; Preface; HOW THIS BOOK IS LINKED WITH OUR EARLIER RESEARCH; GUIDELINES FOR USING THIS BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction and Overview; CHANGE AND STABILITY IN DRUG USE; DATA QUANTITY, QUALITY, AND BREADTH OF GENERALIZATION; STUDYING CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURAL SETIINGS; CHAPTER OUTLINE AND PREVIEW OF KEY FINDINGS; 2 Reviewing the Influence of Social Roles on Drug Use During the Transition to Young Adulthood; THE TRANSITION TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD
RELATING THE YOUNG ADULT TRANSITION TO CHANGES IN DRUG USEEVIDENCE FOR THE INFLUENCE OF ADULT ROLES ON DRUG USE; Marriage; Engagement; Cohabitation; Pregnancy; Parenthood; Single Parenthood; Education; Living Arrangements; Employment; THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC/ BACKGROUND FACTORS ON DRUG USE; CONCLUSIONS; 3 Examining Roles and Experiences During the Post-High-School Years-Sample Characteristics and Analysis Strategy; SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRESENTATIVENESS; PAITERNS OF POST-HIGH-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; Student Experiences; Employment Experiences
MARITAL STATUS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTSMarital Status; Other Living Arrangements; PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD; Pregnancy; Parenthood; SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ANALYSES OF DRUG USE; ANALYSIS ISSUES AND STRATEGIES; The Complexity of Panel Data and the Need to Simplify; Studying Change Across Just Two Points in Time; Treating Senior Year as the Starting Point; Pooling Data Across Multiple Follow-Ups; Pooling Data Across Multiple Cohorts; Multiple Regression Analyses Predicting to Change Scores; Comparison Among Overlapping Predictor Sets; Overview of Analyses Used in the Following Chapters
4 Changes in Cigarette UsePATTERNS OF CHANGE IN CIGARETTE USE; Rates of Daily Smoking; Stability and Transitions in Daily Smoking; ANALYSES LINKING CIGAREITE USE WITH POST-HIGH-SCHOOL EXPERIENCES; Student Status Related to Cigarette Use; Employment Status Related to Cigarette Use; Full-Time Civilian Employment; Part-Time Employment; Military Service; Homemakers; Unemployment; Living Arrangements and Marital Status Related to Cigarette Use; Being Married; Cohabiting; Living With Parents; Living in a Dormitory; Living Alone and Other Living Arrangements
Pregnancy and Parenthood Related to Cigarette UsePregnancy; Parenthood; Further Findings on Marital Status and Cigarette Use; Engagement; Divorce; CONCLUSIONS FROM MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES LINKING CIGARETTE USE WITH POST-HIGH-SCHOOL EXPERIENCES; Explained Variance; Accounting for Age-Related Changes in Cigarette Use; 5 Changes in Alcohol Use; PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN ALCOHOL USE; Rates of Alcohol Use and Heavy Drinking; ANALYSES LINKING CURRENT AND HEAVY ALCOHOL USE WITH POST-HIGH-SCHOOL EXPERIENCES; Student Status Related to Alcohol Use; Employment Status Related to Alcohol Use
Summary Why do some young adults substantially change their patterns of smoking, drinking, or illicit drug use after graduating from high school? In this book, the authors show that leaving high school and leaving home create new freedoms that are linked to increases in the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. They also show that marriage, pregnancy, and parenthood create new responsibilities that are linked to decreases in drug use. The research is based on more than 33,000 young people followed from high school through young adulthood by the nationwide Monitoring the Future p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and indexes
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Subject Youth -- Substance use -- United States
Young adults -- Tobacco use -- United States
Young adults -- Alcohol use -- United States
Young adults -- Drug use -- United States
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
Young adults -- Alcohol use
Young adults -- Drug use
Young adults -- Tobacco use
Youth -- Substance use
Roken.
Alcoholgebruik.
Drugsgebruik.
Jongvolwassenen.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Bachman, Jerald G
ISBN 9781134803460
113480346X
9780203763797
0203763793
9781134803538
1134803532
9781134803606
1134803605