The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood : Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs

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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 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.  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 Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Series Editors' Foreword Preface This Book and the Earlier Book: Distinctions and Overlaps Guidelines for Using this Book Acknowledgments 1 Introduction and Overview Observations on Data Quality and Breadth of Generalization Studying Complex Causal Relationships in Natural Settings 2 Literature Review: Conceptual and Empirical Overview of Issues Young Adulthood Social Roles Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors Conclusions 3 Examining Mediating Variables-Sample Characteristics and Analysis Strategies. Sample Characteristics and RepresentativenessA Four-Step Analysis Strategy Additional Panel Analysis Issues and Strategies 4 Religious Attendance and Importance Patterns of Age-Related Change in Religiosity How Changes in Religiosity Relate to Changes in Substance Use Analyses Linking Religiosity With Post-High-School Experiences Summary 5 Time Spent on Various Social and Recreational Activities Patterns of Age-Related Change in Evenings Out and Related Behaviors How Changes in Evenings Out Are Linked With Changes in Substance Use. How Changes in Other Social-Recreational Behaviors Are Linked With Changes in Substance UseAnalyses Linking Recreational Lifestyle With Post-High-School Experiences Summary 6 Perceived Risks and Disapproval of Smoking, Heavy Drinking, and Illicit Drug Use Focusing on Views About Specific Substances Rather than Substance Use in General Patterns of Age-Related Change in Perceived Risks and Disapproval How Perceived Risks and Disapproval Are Correlated With Substance Use Analyses Linking Perceived Risks and Disapproval With Post-High-School Experiences Summary. 7 Friends' Use of Substances, and Perceived Availability of Illicit DrugsPatterns of Age-Related Change in (Perceived) Friends' Use of Substances and in Perceived Availability of Illicit Drugs How Perceptions of Friends' Use Are Correlated With Substance Use How Perceptions of Availability Are Correlated With Substance Use Analyses Linking Friends' Use of Substances With Post-High-School Experiences Analyses Linking Perceptions of Availability With Post-High-School Experiences Summary 8 Putting the Pieces Together-Structural Equation Models. Decisions About Variables, Samples, and ModelsAnalytic Approach Findings From the Structural Equation Modeling Summary 9 Summary, Conclusions, and Implications Conceptual Overview Revisited: Fitting Together All of the Pieces Impacts of the New Freedoms and New Responsibilities in Young Adulthood Conclusions and Implications Concluding Comments on Declining Substance Use in Young Adulthood: Impacts of Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs Appendix Sampling and Data-Collection Procedures Patterns of Post-High-School Experiences. Multiple Classification Analyses Predicting Changes in Mediating Variables.