The Education-Drug Use Connection: How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency

by Jerald G. Bachman, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, et al.

Book Overview

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.

The book uses data from the University of Michigan's Monitoring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805861718
• ISBN13: 9780805861716
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"