Abstract

This study will investigate the relationship between dropping out and drug use among Mexican-American youth. Half of all Hispanics in the U.S. are Mexican-Americans, and they are the fastest growing and one of the youngest minority groups. They have a school dropout rate as high as 45% in some locations. Both Anglo and Mexican-American dropouts from three southwestern school districts will be studied. Included will be youth from a large city, a medium sized city and a smaller community. Each dropout will be matched with two control subjects. One comparison subject will be an """"""""at-risk"""""""" youth matched for grade, gender, ethnicity, age, and grade-point average during the last full year of school. The other will be a """"""""non-dropout"""""""", matched only for grade, gender and ethnicity. Youth will be asked to take a questionnaire that includes detailed drug use information, and that assesses social, psychological, and cultural characteristics along with violence and victimization. Analyses will examine the relationship between social, cultural, and psychological factors, drug use, and dropping out. Follow-up data will be collected from dropout and control subjects three years after dropout to determine attrition rates and drug use, social, psychological and cultural characteristics of found and not found subjects to assess feasibility of a cohort longitudinal study.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DA004777-05
Application #
3210487
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SRCD (42))
Project Start
1987-09-30
Project End
1993-05-31
Budget Start
1991-09-01
Budget End
1993-05-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1991
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
112617480
City
Fort Collins
State
CO
Country
United States
Zip Code
80523

  Publications

Deffenbacher, J L; Lynch, R S; Filetti, L B et al. (2003) Anger, aggression, risky behavior, and crash-related outcomes in three groups of drivers. Behav Res Ther 41:333-49
Deffenbacher, Jerry L; Deffenbacher, David M; Lynch, Rebekah S et al. (2003) Anger, aggression, and risky behavior: a comparison of high and low anger drivers. Behav Res Ther 41:701-18
Aloise-Young, Patricia A; Cruickshank, Courtney; Chavez, Ernest L (2002) Cigarette smoking and perceived health in school dropouts: a comparison of Mexican American and non-Hispanic white adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol 27:497-507
Deffenbacher, Jerry L; Filetti, Linda B; Lynch, Rebekah S et al. (2002) Cognitive-behavioral treatment of high anger drivers. Behav Res Ther 40:895-910
Deffenbacher, Jerry L; Lynch, Rebekah S; Oetting, Eugene R et al. (2002) The driving anger expression inventory: a measure of how people express their anger on the road. Behav Res Ther 40:717-37
Tani, C R; Chavez, E L; Deffenbacher, J L (2001) Peer isolation and drug use among white non-Hispanic and Mexican American adolescents. Adolescence 36:127-39
Deffenbacher, J L; Lynch, R S; Deffenbacher, D M et al. (2001) Further evidence of reliability and validity for the driving anger expression inventory. Psychol Rep 89:535-40
Kuhn, J A; Arellano, C M; Chavez, E L (1998) Correlates of sexual assault in Mexican American and white non-Hispanic adolescent males. Violence Vict 13:11-20
Oetting, E R; Donnermeyer, J F; Deffenbacher, J L (1998) Primary socialization theory. The influence of the community on drug use and deviance. III. Subst Use Misuse 33:1629-65
Oetting, E R; Deffenbacher, J L; Donnermeyer, J F (1998) Primary socialization theory. The role played by personal traits in the etiology of drug use and deviance. II. Subst Use Misuse 33:1337-66

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