The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood: Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs

by Patrick M. O'Malley, Alison L. Bryant, John E. Schulenberg, et al.

Book Overview

This book is intended as a thoughtful extension to Bachman et al.'s well-received monograph Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use in Young Adulthood. That volume showed that the new freedoms of young adulthood lead to increases in substance use, while the responsibilities of adulthood--marriage, pregnancy, parenthood--contribute to declines in substance use. The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood examines how the changes in social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080583964X
• ISBN13: 9780805839647
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 10.8"