Drug Knowledge Levels and Drug Abuse Attitudes Among Fifth and Sixth Grade Students: a Replication

• Main Author: Mickey, Callie Parker
• Other Authors: Kitchens, James A.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1975
• Subjects: drug knowledge; drug abuse attitudes; pre-adolescent schoolchildren; Youth > Drug use > Texas.; Drug abuse > Public opinion.; Public opinion > Texas.; Students > Attitudes.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663695/

This study is concerned with drug knowledge and drug abuse attitudes of a sample of pre-adolescent schoolchildren, 90 from an urban community and 204 from two rural communities. The seven hypotheses tested compared drug knowledge levels and drug abuse attitudes with the variables of community of residence, sources of information, racial identity, acquaintance with drug users, and church affiliation. High levels of drug knowledge were found to be related to rural residence, perceived parental disapproval of drug use, frequency of church attendance, and, to a minor degree, to acquaintance with peer group drug users. The sample held negative views of drug abuse and intolerant drug attitudes correlated significantly with rural residence, parental interest in talking about drugs, church affiliation, and frequency of church attendance. High drug knowledge levels and intolerant drug abuse attitudes were related to only the .20 level of significance.