Lloyd Johnston
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)
Anti-Drug Advertising and Youth: Illicit Drug Use Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Drug Use and Life Styles of American Youth (NIDA)
Economic, Lifestyle, and Social Influences on Obesity (Department of Agriculture)
Measuring Conditions in American Secondary Schools Related to Childhood Obesity (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Televised Advertising and Smoking Behaviors (NIH)
Youth Smoking and the Media (NCI)
Youth, Education, and Society (YES) Study (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Distinguished Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr. Johnston's research has been based on two seminal national research studies: Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of American Youth (MTF) and the Youth, Education, and Society (YES) study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, respectively. MTF is an epidemiological study that reports current levels and trends in the use of a wide range of substances, from cigarettes and alcohol to marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and many other illicit drugs. Its design allows researchers to address age, cohort, and period effects on the use of these substances. Johnston and his collaborators have played an agenda-setting function by calling attention early to problems that are emerging and ones that are receding among youth. They also have demonstrated how particular attitudes and beliefs about each drug play a major role in young peoples' use of the drug, which has helped to guide a great deal of the nation's drug and alcohol prevention strategy.
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.
Johnston, Lloyd, and Patrick M. O'Malley. 2003. Obesity among American adolescents : tracking the problem and searching for causes. Ann Arbor, MI. : University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research.
Yamaguchi, Ryoko, Lloyd Johnston, and Patrick M. O'Malley. 2003. Drug testing in schools: policies, practices, and association with student drug use. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
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
Clarke, Philippa J., Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd Johnston, John E. Schulenberg, and Paula M. Lantz. 2009. "Differential trends in weight-related health behaviors among American young adults by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status: 1984-2006." American Journal of Public Health, 99(10): 1893-901. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2008.141317. Licensed Access.
Clarke, Philippa J., Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd Johnston, and John E. Schulenberg. 2009. "Social disparities in BMI trajectories across adulthood by gender, race/ethnicity and lifetime socio-economic position: 1986-2004." International Journal of Epidemiology, 38(2): 499-509. DOI:10.1093/ije/dyn214. Licensed Access.
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