Twelfth-grade student work intensity linked to later educational attainment and substance use: new longitudinal evidence.
Dev Psychol
; 47(2): 344-63, 2011 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-21171751
Long hours of paid employment during high school have been linked to a variety of problem behaviors, but questions remain about whether and to what extent work intensity makes any causal contribution. This study addresses those questions by focusing on how 12th-grade work intensity is associated with substance use and educational attainment in the years following high school. It uses 2 nationally representative longitudinal data sets from the Monitoring the Future project, spanning a total of 3 decades. One data set tracks 8th graders for 8 years (modal ages 14-22) and provides extensive controls for possible prior causes; the second, larger data set tracks 12th graders for up to 12 years (to modal ages 29-30) and permits assessment of possible short-term and longer term consequences. Findings based on propensity score matching and multivariate regression analyses are highly consistent across the 2 sets of data. All findings show that more fundamental prior problems, including low academic performance and aspirations, make substantial contributions to substance use and long-term academic attainment (selection effects), but the findings also suggest that high work intensity during high school has long-term costs in terms of college completion and perhaps cigarette use.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes
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Conducta del Adolescente
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Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias
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Escolaridad
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Empleo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dev Psychol
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos