E-Cigarettes and “Dripping” Among High-School Youth

2017 ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin ◽  
Meghan Morean ◽  
Grace Kong ◽  
Krysten W. Bold ◽  
Deepa R. Camenga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
School Youth

BACKGROUND Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) electrically heat and vaporize e-liquids to produce inhalable vapors. These devices are being used to inhale vapors produced by dripping e-liquids directly onto heated atomizers. The current study conducts the first evaluation of the prevalence rates and reasons for using e-cigarettes for dripping among high school students. METHODS In the spring of 2015, students from 8 Connecticut high schools (n = 7045) completed anonymous surveys that examined tobacco use behaviors and perceptions. We assessed prevalence rates of ever using e-cigarettes for dripping, reasons for dripping, and predictors of dripping behaviors among those who reported ever use of e-cigarettes. RESULTS Among 1080 ever e-cigarette users, 26.1% of students reported ever using e-cigarettes for dripping. Reasons for dripping included produced thicker clouds of vapor (63.5%), made flavors taste better (38.7%), produced a stronger throat hit (27.7%), curiosity (21.6%), and other (7.5%). Logistic regression analyses indicated that male adolescents (odds ratio [OR] = 1.64), whites (OR = 1.46), and those who had tried multiple tobacco products (OR = 1.34) and had greater past-month e-cigarette use frequency (OR = 1.07) were more likely to use dripping (Ps < .05). CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that a substantial portion (~1 in 4) of high school adolescents who had ever used e-cigarettes also report using the device for dripping. Future efforts must examine the progression and toxicity of the use of e-cigarettes for dripping among youth and educate them about the potential dangers of these behaviors.

High School Students’ Use of Electronic Cigarettes to Vaporize Cannabis

2017 ◽  
pp. 154-159
Author(s):  
Meghan E. Morean ◽  
Grace Kong ◽  
Deepa R. Camenga ◽  
Dana A. Cavallo ◽  
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
School Students ◽  
Potential Use

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is increasing rapidly among high abstract school (HS) students. Of concern, e-cigarettes can be used to vaporize cannabis, although use rates among adolescents are unknown. We evaluated lifetime rates of using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis among all lifetime e-cigarette users (27.9%), all lifetime cannabis users (29.2%), and lifetime users of both e-cigarettes and cannabis (18.8%); common means of vaporizing cannabis including hash oil, wax infused with D-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and dried cannabis; and demographic predictors of using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis. METHODS In the spring of 2014, 3847 Connecticut HS students completed an anonymous survey assessing e-cigarette and cannabis use. RESULTS Vaporizing cannabis using e-cigarettes was common among lifetime e-cigarette users, lifetime cannabis users, and lifetime dual users (e-cigarette 18.0%, cannabis 18.4%, dual users 26.5%). Students reported using e-cigarettes to vaporize hash oil (e-cigarette 15.4%, cannabis 15.5%, dual users 22.9%) and wax infused with THC (e-cigarette 10.0%, cannabis 10.2%, dual users 14.8%) and using portable electronic vaporizers to vaporize dried cannabis leaves (e-cigarette 19.6%, lifetime cannabis 23.1%, lifetime dual users 29.1%). Binary logistic regression indicated that male students (odds ratio [OR] = 2.05), younger students (OR = 0.64), lifetime e-cigarette users (OR = 5.27), and lifetime cannabis users (OR = 40.89) were most likely to vaporize cannabis using e-cigarettes. Rates also differed by HS attended. CONCLUSIONS Rates of vaporizing cannabis using e-cigarettes were high. These findings raise concerns about the lack of e-cigarette regulations and the potential use of e-cigarettes for purposes other than vaping nicotine.

scholarly journals A profile of sexually active male adolescent high school students in Lima, Peru

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús L. Chirinos ◽  
Victor C. Salazar ◽  
Claire D. Brindis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Male Adolescent ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes

To document knowledge and attitudes regarding sexuality and sexual practices of male adolescent high school students in Lima, Peru, a self-administered, anonymous survey was completed by 991 male adolescents aged 12-19 as part of a School-Based Sex Education Intervention model. Questions concerned sociodemographic information; family characteristics; personal activities; knowledge and attitudes regarding sexuality; sexual experience; and contraceptive use. Knowledge related to sexuality was limited. Males tended to mainly discuss sexuality with their male peers (49.8%). Attitudes towards sexual activity and condom use were largely positive, although some males expressed ambivalent feelings towards the latter. Of the sample, 43% had ever had sex; age at first sexual intercourse was 13 years. While 88% of the sample would use condoms, 74% also gave reasons for not using them. Sexual activity was related to age, ever having repeated a grade, living with only one parent or in a mixed family, activities such as going to parties, use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, and viewing pornographic videos or magazines. Many male adolescents were at risk of causing an unintended pregnancy or acquiring an STD.

scholarly journals Toward a Ripple Effect: Psychologists Collaborate in Social Justice Education at a High School

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace S. Kim ◽  
Vali D. Kahn ◽  
John Tawa ◽  
Karen L. Suyemoto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Social Justice Education ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
School Youth

Social justice education aims to develop critical thinking about social inequities and social responsibility to increase civic engagement in high school youth. While high schools increasingly recognize the importance of social justice education, teachers are often initially under-prepared to teach this material, particularly about managing challenging emotions, and working with a group- processes as students work with social justice content and process. Psychologists are often asked to be diversity consultants or instructors, creating opportunities to contribute to social justice education. Drawing from implementation science, this paper describes a model of collaboration between university-based psychologists and high-school educators in providing a social justice course to high school students. Our education model enabled a multi-layered collaborative network that maximized the contributions of collaborators (i.e., Students, High School Teachers, Consultants, and Mentor) and enabled sustainability within the high school.

scholarly journals A Mediating Effect of Peer Relations on the Association between Parental Achievement-Oriented Expectation and Depression among High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-238
Author(s):  
Youngmi Shin ◽  
Meejung Chin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Korean Children ◽  
Male Adolescents

This study examined the effect of parental achievement-oriented expectation on high school students’ depression and verified the mediating effect of peer relations on relations. Data were derived from the 7th wave (2016) of Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), and 1,979 high school students were included. Descriptive statistics analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and a Sobel test were conducted using STATA. The main results were as follows. First, male adolescents perceived higher parental achievement-oriented expectation, lower peer relations, but lower depression than female adolescents. Second, parental achievement-oriented expectation was negatively related to adolescent peer relations but positively related to adolescent depression. This implies that adolescents whose parents have a higher level of achievement-oriented expectation have lower level of peer relations and higher level of depression. Third, adolescents’ peer relations significantly mediated the relation between parental achievement-oriented expectation and high school students’ depression. The result of Sobel test supported the significance of the mediating effect. The results highlighted a negative impact of parental achievement-oriented expectation on adolescents’ mental health, and addressed how parental achievement-oriented expectation affects adolescents’ depression by showing an important mechanism of peer relations, which was missed in previous research.

Bullets, Blades, and Being Afraid in Hispanic High Schools: An Exploratory Study of the Presence of Weapons and Fear of Weapon-Associated Victimization Among High School Students in a Border Town

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Brown ◽  
Wm. Reed Benedict
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
School Students ◽  
Border Town ◽  
Language Spoken At Home

This article presents data obtained from a survey of high school students in Brownsville, Texas. Almost half of the students reported having seen other students carry knives at school, roughly 1 in 10 reported having seen other students carry guns at school, and more than 1 in 5 reported being fearful of weapon-associated victimization at school. Logistic regression analyses indicate that age, gender, seeing other students carry weapons, and involvement with student clubs/organizations significantly affect fear of weapon-associated victimization. Using language spoken at home as a measure of acculturation, it was also determined that immigrant juveniles are more fearful of weaponassociated victimization than nonimmigrant juveniles. The theoretical and policy implications of the findings are discussed.

Ever Use of Nicotine and Nonnicotine Electronic Cigarettes Among High School Students in Ontario, Canada

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1212-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley A. Hamilton ◽  
Roberta Ferrence ◽  
Angela Boak ◽  
Robert Schwartz ◽  
Robert E. Mann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
School Students

Cultural Perceptions of the Mentally Ill: Australian and Papua New Guinean High School Youth

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor J. Callan ◽  
Jeffrey Wilks ◽  
Stewart Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Violent Behaviour ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Papua New Guinean ◽  
School Youth

One hundred and thirty-three (76 male, 57 female) Papua New Guinean (PNG) and 144 (93 male, 51 female) Australian high school students completed a series of structured and open-ended measures on attitudes to the mentally ill, especially opinions about the nature of mental illness, characteristics of the mentally ill, and treatment. Both groups of students suggested hereditary and environmental causes, with PNG students citing more often witchcraft and sorcery. Australian students generally presented more favourable attitudes to mental illness, in that they were more willing to work with or marry the mentally ill. PNG students, however, were more likely to highlight the disruptive, violent behaviour of the long long and possibly held a much narrower view of the types of persons labelled mentally ill.

scholarly journals Victims of Physical Violence Have a Higher Risk to Be Perpetrators: A Study in High School Students Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
pp. 3679-3681
Author(s):  
Lely Setyawati Kurniawan ◽  
Luh Nyoman Alit Aryani ◽  
Grace Noviana Chandra ◽  
Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa ◽  
Christopher Ryalino
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
School Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Violent Acts ◽  
Cross Tabulation

BACKGROUND: Violence experienced by a person can trigger mental disorders. It was reported that 1 in 4 children in the world had experienced severe and sustained physical violence. The form of violence varies from various bullying actions that seem mild, to deadly physical violence. AIM: This study aimed to see the association between the victim and perpetrator of violence in high school students. METHODS: A Hundred and Forty-Four high school students were chosen by stratified random sampling. They were assessed using Hurt, Insulted, threatened with harm, and Screamed (HITS) assessment tool. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis were used in this analysis, along with a cross-tabulation table. RESULTS: Out of the 144 subjects, 66 (45.8%) admitted that they experienced violence in different gradations. A total of 34 (47.2%) respondents revealed that the perpetrators of the most frequent acts of violence were either one or both of their parents. The odds ratio (OR) of the subjects who experienced violence to commit violence is 3.571 (Confidence Interval (CI) 95% = 1.792-7.120). CONCLUSION: More than 60% of high school students who experienced acts of violence turned out to experience more than one type of violence. The most frequent perpetrators of violence are the parents (47.2%), followed by friends and siblings. Those who experienced violent acts are 3.5 times more likely to become a perpetrator of violence.

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