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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"drug and alcohol use"”.
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IS THE PARTY OVER? Unmarried Fatherhood and Drug and Alcohol Use
<p>Using waves two and three of the National Survey of Adolescent Males (1990 and 1995) I examine the effects of marriage, paternity and father involvement on the use of drugs and alcohol by young men. Despite the importance of fatherhood as an adult role, I argue that commitment to the role of …
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Ecological Influences on Adolescent Behavior
… outlined by Bronfenbrenner (1994), to understand adolescent behavior. It was hypothesized that proximal ecological influences would be significantly related to behavioral outcomes. Participants (N= 244) were students attending traditional and continuation high schools in a Southern California …
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Factors Which Predict the Initiation and Use of Alcohol in Rural Adolescents
… are significant when trying to predict the use of alcohol by adolescents who live in rural areas. This research is important because most of the studies concerning drug and alcohol use in adolescents have focused on adolescents who live in urban areas. The results of such studies may not be …
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Gender at Work: The Role of Habitus and Gender-Performance in Service Industry Occupations
… examines the relationship between gender roles and habitus in service industry occupations. It draws primarily from the works of Pierre Bourdieu and Judith Butler. Data includes an exploratory focus group, non-participant observations and interviews with women currently or formerly employed as …
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Supporting trauma-impacted students through the use of animal assisted education
… forms of trauma. Experiences of violence, loss, and grief particularly among elementary age children can significantly impact their ability to emotionally regulate themselves, grow developmentally, and achieve in school. Furthermore, these children are at high risk for unsuccessful outcomes in …
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A Review of Associations Between Traumatic Brain Injury & Addiction and Therapeutic Interventions for Addiction in the Brain Injured Population
The research linking drug and alcohol use with increased risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been well established. There is some evidence suggesting that the inverse relationship exists; that sustaining a TBI increases the likelihood for developing a drug or alcohol abuse …
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The Role of Lifestyles and Routine Activities on Youth Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Victimization
… when they engage in behaviors such as drinking, drug use, and risky sexual practices (see Basile, Black, Simon, Arias, Brener & Saltzman, 2006). Many past studies that have examined the risk factors for victimization among this population have used the theoretical framework put forth by the …
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The Web of Addiction An Exploration of the Complex Physiological, Psychological, Social and Political Forces Involved in the Development of Addictive Behaviours.
… individual, family, society, "stakeholders" and "addictive" substances in developing an interactive model of addiction. The hypothesis suggested that unitary definitions were inadequate, and that addiction was best understood as a complex phenomenon intimately linked to the prevailing social …
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How have youth experienced trying to get off the street : what has helped and hindered
… The present study explored what helped and hindered youth in their experience as they tried to get off the street and addressed the following research question: “How have youth experienced trying to get off the street: what has helped and hindered?” Twenty youth, aged 19-24 years of age, …
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Risk Factors For Adult Victimization Among Florida's Homeless Women
… women are particularly vulnerable to violence and experience victimization at rates often exceeding the rates of housed women. Little research, however, has focused upon the specific risk factors that expose homeless women to physical assault, rape, and stalking. Utilizing a sample of 737 …
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Substance abuse practices and Intervention programmes for male youth offenders in Pollsmoor – Department of Correctional services
Substance use is on the increase among the youth in South Africa. Traditional concern about the youth (as the future of South Africa), and the portrayals in the media of severe drug and alcohol use among the country‟s youth have contributed to the need for research into this issue. Drugs and …
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The Effect of Shapedown on Habits and Self-Esteem for Overweight and Obese Children
… in children is increased in the United States and globally which creates both physical and psychological health risks and co-morbidities affecting the development of positive self-esteem (Sinton & Birch, 2005; Whetstone, Morrissey, & Cummings, 2007). The development of poor self-esteem in …
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The Moderating Roles Of Racial Discrimination And Covid-19 Stress On The Association Between College Students’ Cannabis Use And Psychosocial Functioning
… <p>The Moderating Roles of Racial Discrimination and COVID-19 Stress on the Association between College Students’ Cannabis Use and Psychosocial Functioning</p> <p>By</p> <p>Shannique Richards, MA</p> <p>Advisor: Sarah O’Neill, PhD</p> <p>Greater use of cannabis is linked to poorer psychosocial …
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Student Assistance Program Outcomes of Students at Risk for Suicide
… Pennsylvania's Student Assistance Program (SAP) and educational outcomes (academic performance, promotion/graduation status, attendance, suspension, and policy violations) of students at risk for suicide. The methodology was based on the Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health, while …
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Predicting Adolescent Risk-Taking And Goal-Oriented Behaviors: An Ecological Perspective
… These behaviors often include having unsafe sex, drug and alcohol use, smoking and recklessness. On the other hand, goal oriented behaviors are also developing, although these have been less well studied. The current study explored several key contexts that adolescents are concurrently exposed to, …
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Promoting psychosocial health and empowerment among female sex workers in Nepal: a pilot peer education intervention
… workers (FSWs) may be exposed to varying degrees and combinations of risks in their work, including but not limited to long hours, poor working conditions, disease transmission, unplanned pregnancy, violence, drug and alcohol use and abuse, debt, and various forms of harassment, discrimination, …