Jerald Bachman

Funded Research:

Monitoring the Future: Drug Use and Lifestyles of American Youth (NIDA)

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

Drug Use and Life Styles of American Youth (NIDA)

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

Measuring Conditions in American Secondary Schools Related to Childhood Obesity (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

Bachman, Jerald, J. Staff, Patrick M. O'Malley, and P. Freedman-Doan. Forthcoming. "Adolescent Work Intensity, School Performance, and Substance Use: Links Vary by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status." Developmental Psychology. DOI. Abstract.

Dever, B., John E. Schulenberg, J. Dworkin, Patrick M. O'Malley, D. Kloska, and Jerald Bachman. 2012. "Predicting risk-taking with and without substance use: the effects of parental monitoring, school bonding, and sports participation." Prevention Science, 13(6): 605-15. NIHMSID: NIHMS449752. DOI. Abstract.

Keyes, K., John E. Schulenberg, Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd Johnston, Jerald Bachman, G. Li, and D. Hasin. 2012. "Birth cohort effects on adolescent alcohol use: the influence of social norms from 1976 to 2007." Archives of General Psychiatry, 69(12): 1304-13. PMCID: PMC3597448. DOI. Abstract.

Wray-Lake, L., J. Maggs, Lloyd Johnston, Jerald Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, and John E. Schulenberg. 2012. "Associations between community attachments and adolescent substance use in nationally representative samples." Journal of Adolescent Health, 51(4): 325-31. NIHMSID: NIHMS346764. DOI. Abstract.

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