A Comparison of High School and College Student Attitudes toward Recreationally-Used Drugs.

Autor/inn/en	Minder, Carolyn; und weitere
Titel	A Comparison of High School and College Student Attitudes toward Recreationally-Used Drugs.
Quelle	(1983), (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Age Differences; Behavior Patterns; College Students; Comparative Analysis; Drinking; Drug Use; High School Students; High Schools; Higher Education; Recreational Activities; Social Attitudes; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Collegestudent; Trinken; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Freizeitgestaltung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Research has shown that drug use tends to increase during the college years, implying that college students have a more favorable view of drug use than high school students. To compare the attitudes of high school (N=367) and college students (N=260) toward nine recreationally used drugs, a semantic differential technique was used. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups for attitudes toward LSD, heroin, opium, and amphetamines, with high school students taking a more favorable attitude toward these drugs than college students. This finding is not in agreement with previous research and may reflect immaturity and lack of experience in the high school students. The fact that no significant differences were found for the most commonly used drugs, i.e., alcohol and marijuana, may reflect societal views regarding social acceptability, and the wide acceptance of marijuana and alcohol use among diverse segments of society. Another factor which may be involved is the increasingly frequent use of these drugs by young people. (AC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01