Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use. Overview of Key Findings, 2008

Autor/inn/en	Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E.
Institution	National Institute on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS)
Titel	Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use. Overview of Key Findings, 2008
Quelle	(2009), (79 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Substance Abuse; Drug Use; Grade 12; Grade 10; Youth; Adolescents; Grade 8; Smoking; Narcotics; Statistical Significance; Stimulants; Drinking; Age Differences; Behavior Change; Marijuana; At Risk Persons; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; Cocaine; Incidence; Inhalants; Trend Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Cohort Analysis; National Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Rauchen; Narcotic; Betäubungsmittel; Droge; Trinken; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Risikogruppe; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Kokain; Vorkommen; Trendanalyse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kohortenanalyse
Abstract	Since the mid-1960s, when illicit drug use burgeoned in the normal youth population, substance use by American young people has proven to be a rapidly changing phenomenon. Smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use are leading causes of morbidity and mortality, both during adolescence as well as later in life. How vigorously the nation responds to teenage substance use, how accurately it identifies the substance abuse problems that are emerging, and how well it comes to understand the effectiveness of policy and intervention efforts depend on the ongoing collection of valid and reliable data. Monitoring the Future (MTF), a long-term study of American adolescents, college students, and adults through age 50, is designed to generate such data in order to provide an accurate picture of what is happening in this domain and why, has been ongoing on an annual basis since its inception in 1975. In recent years, the trends in drug use have become more complex, as cohort effects, lasting differences between class cohorts that stay with them as they advance through school and beyond, have emerged. These effects result in the various grades reaching peaks or valleys in different years; thus, various age groups are sometimes moving in different directions at a given point in history. A synopsis of the design and methods used in the study and an overview of the key results from the 2008 survey are included, followed by sections for each individual drug class, providing figures that show trends in the overall proportions of students at each grade level (1) using the drug; (2) seeing a "great risk" associated with its use; (3) disapproving of its use; and (4) saying that they think they could get it "fairly easily" or "very easily" if they wanted to. The years for which data on each grade are available are 1975-2008 for 12th graders and 1991-2008 for 8th and 10th graders. Tables at the end of the report provide the statistics underlying the figures, and present data on lifetime, annual, 30-day, and (for selected drugs) daily prevalence. (Contains 6 footnotes and 17 tables.) [For 2007 overview, see ED502205.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Institute on Drug Abuse. 6001 Executive Boulevard Room 5213, Bethesda, MD 20892-9561. Tel: 301-443-1124; Web site: http://www.drugabuse.gov
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10