scholarly journals Relationship between Stress Symptoms and Drug use among Secondary Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iracema Francisco Frade ◽  
Denise De Micheli ◽  
André Luiz Monezi Andrade ◽  
Maria Lucia Oliveira de Souza-Formigoni
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Academic Problems ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Brazilian Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Middle Class Families

AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between drug use and four kinds of stress symptoms in 954 Brazilian students from the 6thto the 11thgrades, in 4 public and 5 private schools in the city of Sao Paulo. Based on their answers to the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R) and to the Stress Scale for Adolescents (SSA), we compared regular drug users with non/occasional drug users regarding the frequency of four kinds of stress symptoms (psychological, cognitive, physiological, interpersonal), and the period in which it happened. When compared to non/occasional drug users, regular drug users presented higher levels of psychological, cognitive and physiological symptoms of stress and these symtoms were in the most severe spectrum of severity (near to exhaustion and exhaustion). The association between drug use and stress was even stronger in the youngest age group (11 to 13 years old). Most of the regular drug users were 16 years old and over, from upper-middle class families, had poor family relationships and more academic problems. These results confirm the association between drug use and stress in adolescents and highlight the need for early screening and intervention in both drug use and stressful situations.

Protective and Risk Predictors in the Development of Drug Use

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
József Gerevich ◽  
Erika Bácskai
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Family ◽  
Risk Predictors ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Addictive Drug

The authors examined the relationship of two dimensions of the theory of social development—vulnerability (predictors, risk factors) and protectivity—in two samples, schoolchildren aged ten to fifteen years and addictive drug users. On the basis of the Hirschi model of protective factors, they found that the most important protective factors (attachment, commitment, involvement, belief) act against substance use. A surprising finding was that among the predictors of the addicts some forms of escape from the family act against the development of drug use, that is, they can be regarded as a protective predictor. The findings of the study draw attention to the complexity of the vulnerability-protectivity relationship and to the need for further research.

Examining the Link between Drug Use Disorders and Crime among Chinese Drug Users Receiving Mandatory Detoxification and Treatment

2020 ◽  
pp. 001112872093951
Author(s):  
Spencer D. Li ◽  
Ruohui Zhao ◽  
Hongwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Chinese Drug ◽  
The West ◽  
Drug Use Disorders ◽  
Offending Behavior ◽  
Drug Detoxification ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Female Drug Users ◽  
The Relationship

Prior research has generated inconsistent results about the relationship between drug use and crime. To improve on previous research, this study focuses on drug use disorders as a predictor of crime and offending behavior specifically related to drug use to measure the potential impact of drug abuse and dependence. Through the analysis of data collected from 930 male and female drug users receiving mandatory treatment in two drug detoxification centers in China, the current study finds that drug use disorders significantly predict drug-related crime. The results provide an empirical validation of the findings from the West that drug use disorders and crime are positively related.

The Relationship between Assertiveness, Conformity, and Drug Use

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Williams ◽  
Albert J. Scott ◽  
John K. Stout ◽  
Robert Hertzel
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
University Students ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Hard Drug ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between the assertiveness, conformity, and drug use of sixteen (n = 16) university students. Subjects were exposed to a series of ten conformity tasks based on Asch's classic paradigm. The College Self-Expression Scale and the Tentative Drug Use Scale were administered. Assertiveness and conformity scores were blocked on alcohol-marijuana and “hard” drug-use. One-way analyses of variance revealed that alcohol-marijuana users were less assertive and more compliant than “hard” drug users.

Heroin Use and Street Crime

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Inciardi
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Street Crime ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between heroin use and street crime has been studied for the better part of this century, but the findings have been inconclusive. Research in this area has been limited to analyses of criminality in terms of arrest data, and samples have been drawn only from officially known populations of drug users. The present study focuses on a sample of 356 active heroin users from Miami, Florida, and data have been collected de scribing their officially known and self-reported criminal activity. The data indicate that, while active heroin users are heavily involved in street crime, any relationship between drug use and crime is much more complex than has been generally believed. The findings of the research suggest that the wrong questions may have been asked in previous studies of the drugs/crime nexus.

Drug Use and Delinquent Behavior of Small Town and Rural Youth

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morris A. Forslund
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Fremont County ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
The Relationship

Little is known about the relationship between drug use and involvement in other types of delinquent activities among small town and rural youth. The findings presented here are based on responses to a self-report type questionnaire concerning delinquent acts administered to ninth through twelfth grade students at two high schools in Fremont County, Wyoming. The data indicate that there is a significant relationship between drug use and the commission of numerous other forms of delinquent behavior for both male and female students studied. In addition, the data lead to the conclusion that drug users tend to have poorer relationships with both their parents and the school than is the case with non-users.

scholarly journals The Effects of Cocaine and Marijuana Use on Marriage and Marital Stability

1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT KAESTNER
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Marital Stability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship between illicit drug use and marital status. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experiences, the article presents both cross-sectional and longitudinal estimates of the effect of marijuana and cocaine use on marital status, the length of time until first marriage, and the duration of first marriage. The results indicate that among non-Black young adults, drug users are more likely to be unmarried due to a delay in the age at first marriage, and shorter marriage durations. In contrast, drug use has no effect on marital choices of Black young adults.

Perceived Harm, Age, and Drug Use: Perceptual and Motivational Dispositions Affecting Drug Use

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorand B. Szalay ◽  
Andres Inn ◽  
Jean B. Strohl ◽  
Lita C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Behavioral Validation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perceived Harm

Free associations reveal a close relationship between drug use and such psychological dispositions as dominant perceptions, attitudes, and systems of mental representations. The investigations reported here address the relationship of perceived harm or appeal of drugs, age, and reported drug use through analysis of the free associations of students from elementary to graduate school. Subsamples of drug users and non-users are also included. Comparisons across the range of years studied (10 to 29) showed how subjective meanings and the system of mental representation, including those characteristic of drug users and non-users, evolve as a function of age. Based on the domains studied, the distance measured between user/non-user groups and between age groups showed systematic and predictable increases reflecting on construct validity. The perceptual and motivational dispositions identified were significantly correlated with drug use (behavioral validation). The results offer new insights into the role of such variables as perceived harm and subjective appeal.

scholarly journals Addiction, Identity, Morality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Earp ◽  
Joshua August Skorburg ◽  
Jim Albert Charlton Everett ◽  
Julian Savulescu
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Moral Character ◽  
Brain Disease ◽  
Total N ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Moral Weakness ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Recent literature on addiction and judgments about the characteristics of agents has focused on the implications of adopting a ‘brain disease’ versus ‘moral weakness’ model of addiction. Typically, such judgments have to do with what capacities an agent has (e.g., the ability to abstain from substance use). Much less work, however, has been conducted on the relationship between addiction and judgments about an agent’s identity, including whether or to what extent an individual is seen as the same person after becoming addicted. Methods: We conducted a series of vignette-based experiments (total N = 3,620) to assess lay attitudes concerning addiction and identity persistence, systematically manipulating key characteristics of agents and their drug of addiction. Conclusions: In Study 1, we found that US participants judged an agent who became addicted to drugs as being closer to ‘a completely different person’ than ‘completely the same person’ as the agent who existed prior to the addiction. In Studies 2-6, we investigated the intuitive basis for this result, finding that lay judgments of altered identity as a consequence of drug use and addiction are driven primarily by perceived negative changes in the moral character of drug users, who are seen as having deviated from their good true selves.

scholarly journals The relationship between level of education and moral judgment toward who abuse drugs

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 2335-2343
Author(s):  
Andrea Donatti Gallassi ◽  
Karina Diniz Oliveira ◽  
Maria de Nazareth Rodrigues Malcher de Oliveira Silva ◽  
Isabela Alves Machado ◽  
Gabriela Arantes Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Alcohol Abusers ◽  
Multicentric Study ◽  
The People ◽  
Lower Education Level ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The aim of the present study is to verify the differences of the moral judgment toward the people who abuse drugs according to the schooling of the participants. This is the Brazilian part of a multicentric study. N=180 individuals in a community in Brasília, DF, Brazil; following consent, descriptive data were collected by anonymous interviewer-administered questionnaire that included socio-demographic, educational level and the history of drug use. Participants were predominantly females, middle-aged, married, employed, religious, with high school education; higher schooling considered alcohol abusers, marijuana, cocaine and crack are important as anyone else; the majority with lower education level knew someone who used drugs, but no association was found regarding drug use and schooling; in the unadjusted logistic regression model, positive associations were found between higher schooling and ‘who use drugs are as important as anyone else’ for all drugs studied; after adjusted, the association remained only for marijuana (all p<0.05). The negative attitude surrounding drugs issue can be an important obstacle. The results suggest that education can help to reduce the stigma associated; public policies would be important to minimizing social harm caused by stigmatized visions of drug users.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE USE OF DRUGS REGARDING THE ARISING OF HALUSINATION IN REHABILITATION OF DR. H MARZOEKI MAHDI PSIKIATRIC HOSPITAL BOGOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-92
Author(s):  
Al Al Muhajirin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
The Relationship

Continuous use of marijuana not only makes people addicted but also damages the brain and body. The abuse of illicit drug trafficking has become a world problem that knows no national borders, it is also a global danger that threatens almost all the lives of people, nations and countries. The problem of drug abuse is worrying if it is not addressed is a threat to the welfare of future generations. Abuse of these drugs can cause interference both body and soul, followed by social consequences that are not desired. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between drug use and the emergence of hallucinations in the Rehabilitation of Marzoeki Mahdi Psikiatric HospitalBogor. This type of this research is an analytical survey with a cross sectional research design. The method of sampling in this study with a total sampling technique with a sample size of 200 drug users, data collection methods were obtained through questionnaires in the form of questionnaires the data analysis used univariate and bivariate. Based on the research results of the study that the 200 respondents, was found that Group I were 103 respondents (51.5%), Group II as many as 82 respondents (41.0%) and Group III users as many as 15 respondents (7.5%). for hallucinations obtained are those who experience mild hallucinations of 2 respondents (1.0%), who experience moderate hallucinations as many as 37 respondents (18.5%), and those who experience hallucinations as followed by 161 respondents (80.5%). So the conclusion is, the drug use with the emergence of hallucinations of 200 respondents, obtained from the chi square test p value = 0.012 which means p value <0.05 then Ho is rejected it means that there is a relationship of drug use with the emergence of hallucinations in Rehabilitation Marzoeki Mahdi Psikiatric Hospital Bogor.

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