Jerald Bachman

Funded Research:

A Cohort-Sequential Panel Study of Drug Use, Ages 19-50 (NIDA)

A Study of Adolescent Substance Abuse Policies and Programs (ASAPP) (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Drug Use and Life Styles of American Youth (NIDA)

Measuring Conditions in American Secondary Schools Related to Childhood Obesity (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Youth, Education, and Society (YES) Study (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Bachman’s current research focuses on drug use and attitudes about drugs; the interface between substance abuse and academic achievement; other values, attitudes, and behaviors of youth; and public opinion as related to a number of other social issues, including health care issues at the end of life.

Recent Publications

Books

Bachman, Jerald, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd Johnston, P. Freedman-Doan, and E. E. Messersmith. 2008. The education-drug use connection: How successes and failures in school relate to adolescent smoking, drinking, drug use, and delinquency. New York.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor & Francis. Abstract.

Johnston, Lloyd, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2007. Monitoring the Future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2006 (NIH Publication No. 07-6202). Bethesda, MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse. Abstract.

Johnston, Lloyd, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2006. Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2005. Volume I: Secondary school students (NIH Publication No. 06-5883). Bethesda, MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse. Abstract.

Johnston, Lloyd, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2006. Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use , 1975-2005. Volume II: college students and adults ages 19-45 (NIH Publication No. 06-5884). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Abstract.

Bachman, Jerald, Lloyd Johnston, and Patrick M. O'Malley. 2006. Monitoring the Future: Questionnaire responses from the nation's high school seniors, 2005. Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research.

Bachman, Jerald, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd Johnston, Alison L. Bryant, and Alicia C. Merline. 2002. The decline of substance use in young adulthood : changes in social activities, roles, and beliefs. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Journal Articles

Goodkind, Sara, John M. Wallace, Jeffrey J. Shook, Jerald Bachman, and Patrick M. O'Malley. 2009. "Are girls really becoming more delinquent? Testing the gender convergence hypothesis by race and ethnicity, 1976-2005." Children and Youth Service Review, 31(8): 885-895. DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.04.002. Licensed Access.

Merline, A.C., Schulenberg, John E., Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and Lloyd Johnston. 2008. "Substance use in marital dyads: Premarital assortment and change over time." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(3): 352-361. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Wallace, J.M., Jerald Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, and Lloyd Johnston. 2007. "Religiosity and adolescent substance use: The role of individual and contextual influences." Social Problems, 54(2): 308-327. DOI:10.1525/sp.2007.54.2.308. Licensed Access.

O'Malley, Patrick M., Johnston, Lloyd, J. Delva, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2007. "Variation in obesity among American secondary school students by school and school characteristics." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4): S187-S194. DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.001. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

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