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Title: Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescent Runaways: A Four-Year Follow-up Study
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Windle, Michael T. |
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Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescent Runaways: A Four-Year Follow-up Study Journal of Youth and Adolescence 18,4 (August 1989): 331-344. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/f078570076612817/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Dropouts; Gender Differences; Heterogeneity; Illegal Activities; Runaways; Substance Use Using data from the NLSY, runaway status in early adolescence (ages 14-15) was associated with subsequent (four-years later) substance abuse, alcohol problems, and school dropout status. Three runaway categories were formed-- never runaway, runaway once, and runaway two-or-more times. Overall, the repeat runaways reported engaging in higher levels of substance use and abuse than never and once runaways. However, some degree of gender specificity in the relationships for repeat runaways and substance abuse were found. Female repeat runaways were particularly susceptible to abusing illicit drugs (and not alcohol), whereas male repeat runaways manifested a more generalized susceptibility to abusing alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and other illicit drugs. Whereas substance use and abuse was linearly associated with runaway status, both the one-time and repeat runaways manifested equivalent proportions of school dropouts, and at levels far exceeding never runaways. Results are discussed with regard to the heterogeneous developmental pathways leading toward and away from adolescent runaways. |
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Windle, Michael T. "Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescent Runaways: A Four-Year Follow-up Study." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 18,4 (August 1989): 331-344.
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