1st Edition

Drug Abuse Foundation for a Psychosocial Approach

    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    Departing from largely ineffective medically-oriented approaches to the problems of drug abuse/education, the contributors to this volume present relevant empirical findings and theoretical models within a comprehensive psychosocial framework, which draws upon recent advances in understanding the physiological, psychological, interpersonal, and social forces that are the causes of youthful drug addiction.

    Foreword
    Preface

    PART I THEORY
    Applications of a Theory of Drug Use to Prevention Programs George J. Huba, Joseph A. Wingard, and Peter M. Bentler
    Constructive Peer Relationships, Social Development, and Cooperative Learning Experiences: Implications for the Prevention of Drug Abuse David W. Johnson
    An Approach to Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse Among Children and Youth—Parental Influence Seymour Eiseman
    Education about Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs—A Challenge to Our Schools Seymour Eiseman
    Which Way Drug Education? Stephen F. Wepner
    Drug Education—A Turn On or A Turn Off? Michael S. Goodstadt
    A Critique of Values: Clarification in Drug Education Chwee Lye Chng
    Substance Abuse Prevention Programming and Research: A Partnership in Need of Improvement Richard Dembo

    PART II RESEARCH
    Adolescent Drug Use and Intentions to Use Drugs in the Future: A Concurrent Analysis George J. Huba, Joseph A. Wingard, and Peter M. Bentler
    Alcohol Use and Self-Esteem of Adolescents Wayne R. Mitic
    Multivariate Prediction of Cigarette Smoking Among Children in Grades Six, Seven and Eight Linda L. Pederson, Jon C. Baskerville, and Neville M. Lefcoe
    Awareness of Substance Abuse and Other Health-Related Behaviors Among Preschool Children Forest S. Tennant, Jr.
    Patterns of Drug Use Among Mexican-American Potential School Dropouts James E. Bruno and Lynn Doscher
    The Relationship Between Self-Reported Religiosity and Drug Use by College Students Carol J. Turner and Robert J. Willis
    Empirically-Derived Hierarchy of Use for Psychotropics: A Cost Benefit Index Khalil A. Khavari and Frazier M. Douglass

    PART III PRACTICE
    Sources of Information About "Drugs" Margaret A. Sheppard
    Trends in Use of Alcohol and Other Substances on Television
    Bradley S. Greenberg, Carlos Fernandez-Collado, David Graef, Felipe Korzenny, and Charles K.
    Atkin
    Smoking, Drugging and Drinking in Top Rated TV Series Bradley S. Greenberg
    Films and Drug Education Margaret A. Sheppard and Michael S. Goodstadt
    Opinions of Seventh to Twelfth Graders Regarding the Effectiveness of Pro- and Anti-Smoking Messages Samuel W. Monismith, Robert E. Shute, Richard W. St.Pierre, and Wesley F. Alles
    A Cross-Cultural Field Study of Drug Rehabilitation Methodologies in Sweden and the United States Robert D. Mann and Joseph Wingard
    Use of Gestalt Therapy Within a Drug Treatment Program Stephen I. Sideroff
    Issues in the Training of Alcoholism Counselors Andris Skuja
    Drug Program Evaluation: Outcome Measures John W. Murphy
    Contributors

    Biography

    Seymour Eiseman, Joseph Wingard, George Huba