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Dimensions of moral character and drug use among rural high school students
Author(s) -
Jurkovic Gregory J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197910)35:4<894::aid-jclp2270350442>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - socialization , psychology , hogan , empathy , drug , developmental psychology , character (mathematics) , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , sociology , geometry , mathematics , anthropology
Related major parameters of moral character (socialization and emphathy) identified by Hogan (1973) to self‐reported drug use in a sample of 88 rural high school students. As expected, level of socialization correlated significantly with total drugs used, frequency of marijuana use, and number of drug‐related social complications. However, at variance with past research of college students, empathy did not relate to any of the drug‐use variables examined. It was speculated that the implications of characterological factors for drug use may vary with age of the user.