MEXICAN-AMERICAN DROPOUTS AND DRUG USE

本研究将是一个纵向调查的关系 辍学和吸毒之间的关系 是 一项针对墨西哥裔美国辍学者的研究的后续研究， 1653例受试者的基线数据。 该提案将（1）继续 （2）再收集五年的基线数据; 当前基线受试者和额外1450例受试者的随访数据 将在前两个期间获得基线数据的受试者 多年来，这个项目。 将对受试者进行随访， 青年期的早期阶段，以确定药物使用如何相互作用 具有心理、社会和文化特征， 辍学和学业有问题青年的短期结果。 结果包括随后的物质使用，文化认同， 自尊和情绪困扰，艾滋病危险行为，学校 保留，返回学校和GED，以及工作调整比较 将在墨西哥裔美国人和盎格鲁裔辍学者之间进行， 高危青年和对照组。 这是第一个阶段， 计划对辍学者进行长期纵向研究。

This study will be a longitudinal investigation of the relationship between dropping out and drug use among Mexican-American youth. It is a follow-up to a study of Mexican-American dropouts that has obtained baseline data on 1653 subjects. This proposal will (1) continue collection of baseline data for another five years and (2) obtain follow-up data on current baseline subjects and an additional 1450 subjects whose baseline data will be obtained during the first two years of this proposed project. Subjects will be followed into the earliest stages of young adulthood to determine how drug use interacts with psychological, social, and cultural characteristics to influence the short-term outcome of dropouts and academically at-risk youth. Outcomes include subsequent substance use, cultural identification, self-esteem and emotional distress, HIV risk behaviors, school retention, a return to school and GED, and work adjustment comparisons will be made between Mexican-American and Anglo dropouts, academically at-risk youth, and controls. This is the first stage in what is planned to become a long-term longitudinal study of dropouts.