ALCOHOL USE, DROPOUTS, & INDIAN YOUTH

这项研究将调查退学和退学之间的关系 生活在美国原住民青年中的学校和酒精使用情况 预订部。印度年轻人的辍学率极高；5%的人可能 从来不上学，超过50%的人在一些预订中辍学 在高中毕业之前。他们的酒精使用率可以 是其他年轻人的两倍。美洲原住民受到 经济问题，缺乏机会，成人酗酒，健康和 其他问题。辍学和酗酒会引发一种恶性的 周而复始。没有教育，就没有什么有价值的机会 就业。饮酒可能是辍学的一个原因，也可能会加剧 辍学的问题。成年人的经济和健康问题 中途辍学和酗酒有助于营造一种 对保留无望，对未来没有希望，带着 成功的机会很小，为什么年轻人不能酗酒呢？为什么 不退学？关于酒精使用以及社会和心理的数据 辍学的特征对于理解酒精是如何 对于印度年轻人来说，使用和辍学是相关的。关于酒精使用的数据， 同伴特征、社会和心理关联以及文化 所有辍学学生将在四年内获得身份证明。 预留学校系统被选为印度的代表 青春年华。将会有两个控制组：“潜在辍学生”匹配 关于性别、年级、种族、成绩点和年龄；以及“不辍学”， 仅在年级、性别和种族方面匹配。这项研究提供了一个 未来研究辍学和退学的长期影响的基线 将为设计干预策略提供关键信息 对于这一高风险群体。

This study will investigate the relationship between dropping out of school and alcohol use among Native American youth who live on reservations. Indian youth have extremely high dropout rates; 5% may never attend school, and more than 50% on some reservations drop out before high school graduation. They have rates of alcohol use that can be as much as twice that of other youth. Native Americans are plagued by economic problems, lack of opportunity, adult alcoholism, health and other problems. School dropout and alcohol use can initiate a vicious cycle. Without education there is little chance for worthwhile employment. Alcohol use can be a cause of dropping out or can exacerbate the problems of the dropout. The economic and health problems of adults that result from dropping out and alcohol use help create a climate of hopelessness on the reservation, and without hope for the future, with little chance for success, why should a youth not turn to alcohol? Why not drop out? Data on alcohol use and on social and psychological characteristics of dropouts are essential to understanding how alcohol use and dropping out are related for Indian youth. Data on alcohol use, peer characteristics, social and psychological correlates, and cultural identification will be obtained from all school dropouts in four reservation school systems selected to be representative of Indian youth. There will be two control groups: "potential dropouts" matched for gender, grade, ethnicity, grade point and age; and 'non-dropouts", matched only for grade, gender and ethnicity. The study provides a baseline for future studies of long-term effects from dropping out and will provide critical information for designing intervention strategies for this high-risk group.