scholarly journals The relationship between severity of drug problems and perceived interdependence of drug use and sexual intercourse among adult males in drug addiction rehabilitation centers in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Risa Yamada ◽  
Takuya Shimane ◽  
Ayumi Kondo ◽  
Masako Yonezawa ◽  
Toshihiko Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
New Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Unprotected Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Drug Problems ◽  
Primary Drug

Abstract Background Consuming drugs in conjunction with sexual intercourse may shape the perceived interdependence of drug use and sexual intercourse (PIDS). Additionally, the severity of drug problems may have a significant impact on PIDS. However, this relationship remains unverified. Therefore, this study investigates whether the severity of drug problems is associated with PIDS among adult males in drug addiction rehabilitation centers (DARC) in Japan. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of the “DARC Follow-Up Study in Japan” conducted by the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in 2016, in which participants from 46 facilities completed a self-report questionnaire. A total of 440 males with drug dependence were included in the analysis. We analyzed participants’ demographic characteristics, history of sexually transmitted disease diagnoses, and responses to questions related to drug use (e.g., primary drug use and PIDS). Additionally, we measured the severity of drug problems using the Japanese version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test-20 (DAST-20). Results The median age of the participants was 42 years. The median DAST-20 score was 14.0, the primary drug was methamphetamine (61.4%) and new psychoactive substances (NPS: 13.6%). Multivariate analysis indicated that participants’ experiences with unprotected sexual intercourse (“mostly a non-condom user”: adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 4.410), methamphetamine use (AOR = 3.220), new psychoactive substances use (AOR = 2.744), and the DAST-20 score (AOR = 1.093) were associated with PIDS. Conclusions This study indicated that the frequency of unprotected sexual intercourse under the influence of drugs, methamphetamine and NPS use were strongly associated with PIDS. The severity of drug problems was also significantly associated with PIDS. It is necessary to develop culturally appropriate treatment programs adapted to the needs of patients who experience strong PIDS.

The relationship of adolescents' expectations and values to delinquency, hard drug use, and unprotected sexual intercourse

1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Allen ◽  
Bonnie J. Leadbeater ◽  
J. Lawrence Aber
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Unprotected Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Hard Drug

AbstractThis study examined adolescents' expectations and values about how competent behaviors would work for them in difficult social situations and explored the relation of these appraisals to adolescents' delinquency, drug use, and sexual intercourse without use of adequate birth control. Several lines of research on the determinants of adolescent achievement motivation, social competence, and various problem behaviors are integrated within a unified framework based on both motivational and cognitive-social learning theories. One hundred adolescents at-risk for problematic behaviors, aged 15½–18, received structured interviews measuring their expectations of self-efficacy in performing socially competent behaviors, their expectations about the outcomes of these behaviors, their values toward these behaviors, their perceptions of the values of peers, and their identification with the values of important adults. Adolescents also reported their recent levels of delinquency, hard drug use, and unprotected sexual activity. Adolescents' expectations and values were significantly related to all three problem behaviors; males' low efficacy expectations and females' lack of identification with an adult's values were the strongest correlates of problem behaviors. Adolescents' expectations and values are considered as potentially important aspects of adolescents' models of themselves in social interactions, which may mediate the link between problematic family relationships in childhood and deviant behavior in adolescence.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGIC DIRECTIONS IN CRIMINALISTIC RESEARCH FOR THE OFFENCE OF TRAFFICKING AND ILLICIT DRUG CONSUMPTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
Petronela-Diana Ferariu ◽  
Valentina Avrămescu
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
New Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Illicit Trafficking

The criminal activity of trafficking and illicit drug use is developing rapidly, new psychoactive substances are emerging at a rapid pace and represent a major threat to the health and safety of individuals. The actual crime in the case of trafficking and illicit drug use offence must be determined in terms of size the participants and causes. The distinction between real crime and apparent crime is defined as the "dark number or hidden figure of crime" (Rădulescu S., 1999, 189) The use of this concept is specifically used in the case of the number of crimes committed and remained unknown to the society, for various reasons. In the forensic investigation of the crime of trafficking and illicit drug use, the research activity is carried out with great difficulties, because one of the forms of crime with the highest rate of the dark number of crime and almost impossible to estimate is the illicit trafficking and consumption of drugs, as victims are most often accomplice in this form of crime, and establishing the diversity of substances that fall into the narcotic sphere is relative.

Sociological research of drug addiction as the most socially dangerous form of deviant deviations of young people

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Yulia V. Georgievskaya
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
Regional Aspect ◽  
Crisis Situations

The article analyzes the problems of drug addiction as the most socially dangerous form of deviations among young people. The materials related to the regional aspect of this phenomenon are exceedingly significant. The level of awareness of the respondents about the main types of narcotic and psychoactive substances, their attitude to drug use, as well as about the severe consequences and the possibility of their acquisition were identified. The author makes conclusions about the need to form a strategy for the prevention of drug addiction, including the identification of risk groups, crisis situations in the youth environment, as well as the use of measures and acceptable methods to resolve these situations.

FAMILY AS A RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTOR OF DRUG ADDICTION IN YOUNG PEOPLE

2021 ◽  
pp. 307-320
Author(s):  
BORO MERDOVIĆ ◽  
RAJKA VUJOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Young People ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Family System ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Drug Problems

The abuse of psychoactive substances, which often turns into drug addiction, is a serious global problem that is receiving increasing attention with the scientific and professional public. The consequences of this plague are numerous and incalculable both for the individual and for his narrower and wider social environment, but also for society as a whole. The family of addicts is the first to feel the consequences of drug addiction, but also the first to influence young people to enter the world of drugs. The aim of this paper is to review all the potentials that the family has, which should be used in the process of treatment and resocialization of addicts. We will also point to the family as a risk factor that can contribute to the occurrence of drug problems in its members, especially those in adolescence. The discussion of risk and protective factors related to the family is motivated by the fact that the adolescent still belongs to the family system and depends on it. The attitudes he has developed within the family system affect other family members and vice versa.

Knowledge and Use of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Bachelor's Level Female Students of Kathmandu Valley

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Bhu Dev Jha
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Kathmandu Valley ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unprotected Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Emergency Contraceptive ◽  
Emergency Contraceptives

 Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP) is used for preventing pregnancy after having unprotected sexual intercourse, contraceptive failure or forced sex. The use of ECP within 120 hours of sexual intercourse could prevent unwanted pregnancy and its adverse effects particularly unintended childbirth and unsafe abortion. The study, therefore, aimed to assess knowledge and use of emergency contraceptives among Bachelors level female students from Kathmandu Valley. A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken from August to November 2017 among 347 female students who were studying at the Bachelors's level. A random sampling technique was used to select study participants and a structured self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and use of ECP after securing informed consent. Epi data and SPSS version 22 were used for data processing and analysis. The mean age of the female students was 21.5 years. Overall, 91.4% of the respondents had ever heard about emergency contraceptives. The main sources of information were radio or television, the internet and newspapers. About 4.6% of the undergraduate female students used ECP. Age, marital status, use of contraceptives and knowledge of ECP used within 72 hours were significantly associated with use of ECP. Although the findings of this study showed a high prevalence of knowledge among respondents, the improvement of female students’ knowledge on specific details of ECP and its advantages/disadvantages and timely utilization needs to be considered for any future awareness programmes.  

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