MEXICAN/AMERICAN DROPOUTS AND DRUG USE

这项研究将是对这一关系的纵向调查 在墨西哥裔美国年轻人中，辍学和吸毒之间的关系。它是 一项对墨西哥裔美国人辍学的研究的后续行动 1653名受试者的基线数据。这项建议将(1)继续 收集另一个五年的基线数据和(2)获得 关于当前基线受试者的后续数据和额外的1450人 将在前两个阶段获得基线数据的受试者 这一拟议项目已持续数年之久。受试者将被跟随进入 确定药物使用如何相互作用的青壮年早期阶段 具有心理、社会和文化特征的影响 辍学和学业有风险的年轻人的短期结果。 结果包括随后的物质使用，文化认同， 自尊和情绪困扰、艾滋病毒危险行为、学校 留校、重返校园和普通教育，以及工作适应的比较 将在墨西哥裔美国人和英国辍学生之间拍摄，在学术上 高危青年和控制组。这只是第一个阶段 计划成为对辍学的长期纵向研究。

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.