TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ostrowsky,Michael K.
TI  - Self-Medication and Violent Behavior
T2  - Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
SN  - 9781593325664
AV  - RJ506.A4 
U1  - 362.290835 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - El Paso
PB  - LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Alcohol use
KW  - Alcoholism
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Drug use
KW  - Marijuana abuse
KW  - Violence
KW  - Self medication
KW  - Marijuana Abuse
KW  - Self Administration
KW  - Self Medication
KW  - Adolescents
KW  - Consommation d'alcool
KW  - Alcoolisme
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Marijuana
KW  - Abus
KW  - Automédication
KW  - violence
KW  - aat
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Psychopathology
KW  - Addiction
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SELF-HELP
KW  - Substance Abuse & Addictions
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244) and index; The causes and consequences of drug use -- Exploring the relationships between self-esteem, depression, alcohol use, and marijuana use -- Does alcohol use lead to violent behavior? -- Does marijuana use lead to violent behavior? -- Khantzian's self-medication hypothesis -- Overview of the study, sample, measures, and path model -- Bivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior -- Multivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior -- Implications and prevention
N2  - Ostrowsky identifies the causes and consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents. Edward Khantzian's ""self-medication hypothesis"" provides the theoretical framework. However, using longitudinal data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, Ostrowsky extends Khantzian's perspective and also moves beyond previous tests of the hypothesis. Overall, the results provide little support to the five predictions of the self-medication hypothesis, but a few interesting findings did emerge. In terms of drug use, weak school commitment predicts an increase in alcohol use and weak parent
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