Ebook: The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood : Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs
Author: Bachman Jerald G., Bryant Alison L., Johnston Lloyd D., Merline Alicia C., O'Malley Patrick M., Schulenberg John E
- Tags: Attitudes., Social life and customs., Substance use., Young adults., Young adults -- Substance use -- United States.
- Series: Research Monographs in Adolescence Series
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- City: Hoboken
- Language: English
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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 Read more...
Abstract: 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 and religious experiences and in attitudes toward substance use observed among young adults are related to changes in substance use, family transitions, living ar