标题：A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF DRUG INVOLVEMENT IN MEXICAN AMERICAN AND WHITE NON-HISPANIC HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS, ACADEMICALLY AT RISK STUDENTS, AND CONTROL STUDENTS
摘要：Explored drug Involvement in a longitudinal sample of Mexican American and White non-Hispanic school dropouts. Students in school with serious academic problems (academically at risk). and matched general sample of students (controls) Academic status was related to drug Involvement at initial and four year follow-up assessments, dropouts and at risk youth were more drug Involved than controls At follow-up, gender differences were noted with males being more drug involved than females. At neither point was ethnicity related to drug involvement although general distributions of drug use remained reasonably stable across groups. Considerable change into and out of high drug Involvement was found. Consistent with peer cluster theory (Oetting. Beauvais 1987). This change was predicted by peer drug use and peer requests of the participant to use drugs and to a lesser extent by the individuals willingness to ask others to not use drugs This suggests the Importance of peer group processes on the naturalistic development and reduction of high drug Involvement and of studying changing peer processes in order to better understand change in drug Involvement overtime.
其他摘要：Explored drug Involvement in a longitudinal sample of Mexican American and White non-Hispanic school dropouts. Students in school with serious academic problems (academically at risk). and matched general sample of students (controls) Academic status was related to drug Involvement at initial and four year follow-up assessments, dropouts and at risk youth were more drug Involved than controls At follow-up, gender differences were noted with males being more drug involved than females. At neither point was ethnicity related to drug involvement although general distributions of drug use remained reasonably stable across groups. Considerable change into and out of high drug Involvement was found. Consistent with peer cluster theory (Oetting. Beauvais 1987). This change was predicted by peer drug use and peer requests of the participant to use drugs and to a lesser extent by the individuals willingness to ask others to not use drugs This suggests the Importance of peer group processes on the naturalistic development and reduction of high drug Involvement and of studying changing peer processes in order to better understand change in drug Involvement overtime.
