Abstract

This study will be a longitudinal investigation of the relationship between dropping out and drug use among Mexican-American youth. It is a follow-up to a study of Mexican-American dropouts that has obtained baseline data on 1653 subjects. This proposal will (1) continue collection of baseline data for another five years and (2) obtain follow-up data on current baseline subjects and an additional 1450 subjects whose baseline data will be obtained during the first two years of this proposed project. Subjects will be followed into the earliest stages of young adulthood to determine how drug use interacts with psychological, social, and cultural characteristics to influence the short-term outcome of dropouts and academically at-risk youth. Outcomes include subsequent substance use, cultural identification, self-esteem and emotional distress, HIV risk behaviors, school retention, a return to school and GED, and work adjustment comparisons will be made between Mexican-American and Anglo dropouts, academically at-risk youth, and controls. This is the first stage in what is planned to become a long-term longitudinal study of dropouts.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DA004777-07
Application #
2117293
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SRCD (27))
Project Start
1987-09-30
Project End
1996-05-31
Budget Start
1994-06-01
Budget End
1995-05-31
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Department
Psychology
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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