Center for Alcohol & Drug Studies & Services

Welcome to the Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies

The Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies is a project of San Diego State University School of Social Work. Originally named the Center on Substance Abuse, the Center was established in 1987 by Dr. Anita S. Harbert to address alcohol and other drug related problems at San Diego State University and in the larger community.

The Center specializes in research and evaluation design with an emphasis on socio-behavioral research and applied evaluation. Our multi-disciplined staff have decades of experience in research and evaluation and are highly committed to scientific excellence.

The Center serves as an umbrella organization for several alcohol and drug related research initiatives, including the California Screening Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Services.

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What's New at Ensuring Solutions

Self-Report Stability of Adolescent Cigarette Use
Across 10 Years of Panel Study Data
Audrey M. Shillington, Mark B. Reed, and John D. Clapp.

This study is the first to examine adolescent cigarette report stability over ten years. Six waves of data were utilized from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. This study examined internal/logical consistency and external consistency. Report stability was higher for lifetime use reports than the age of onset reports. Wave-by-wave differences revealed stability increased across time with one third denying use in the first two wave comparisons but dropping to
twenty percent by the last comparison. Overall, report agreement was higher for females, older adolescents, and Non Hispanic/Non-Black youth. Implications regarding misclassification of users for prevention programs and measurement issues are discussed.

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