Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1256 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Great Decline
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The idea
Adolescent substance use has declined since twenty nineteen for most groups, a trend researchers call the great decline, though not among LGBTQ+ youth.
In practice
Less unstructured time with peers and changing norms among proposed explanations, along with pandemic-era supervision.
Where people slip
Among LGBTQ+ youth, victimization predicts substance use, which helps explain why their rates have not fallen.
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