ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the relationship between risk perception and the behaviors associated with driving under the influence of drugs. Method: quantitative cross-sectional study. The sample is composed by university students (n=383, average age 21.2 years). To evaluate the behaviors, items f...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the perception of harm and benefits of marijuana associated with the use of marijuana in high school students aged between 15 and 17 years. Method: quantitative, transversal, descriptive and correlational design. The sample consisted of 268 students from public education...
ABSTRACT Objective: to determine alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use, abuse, and dependence, and to identify the association between the use of these substances and the academic performance of undergraduate students. Method: a cross-sectional study with 275 undergraduate students from health and humani...
Amaya, Cristina de;
Mann, Robert;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Erickson, Pat;
Brands, Bruna;
Giesbrecht, Norman;
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Cumsille, Francisco;
Sapag, Jaime;
Khenti, Akwatu.
O objetivo do estudo foi examinar a relação entre o uso e o abuso de drogas e maus-tratos durante a infância em estudantes universitários na cidade de San Salvador, El Salvador. Trata-se de estudo exploratório, de corte transversal, com uma amostra de 272 estudantes. Os resultados indicaram que 43% ...
Pizzanelli, Miguel;
Mann, Robert;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Erickson, Pat;
Brands, Bruna;
Giesbrecht, Norman;
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Cumsille, Francisco;
Sapag, Jaime;
Khenti, Akwatu.
Se evaluó la prevalencia del uso y abuso de sustancias psicoactivas en los estudiantes y su relación con las experiencias adversas durante la infancia y la adolescencia en una investigación de tipo exploratorio, transversal, observacional, basada en el autoreporte de 280 estudiantes universitarios. El...
The research aimed to clarify the relationships between spirituality, gender, and drug use among undergraduate students of one university in Barbados. A quota sample of 250 students was required from the Faculty of Social Sciences as the study was part of a larger multi-centric study involving students f...
Se examinó el efecto de las relaciones familiares, la espiritualidad y el entretenimiento sobre la relación entre la resistencia a la influencia de compañeros y el consumo de drogas entre estudiantes en una universidad en Manabí, Ecuador. Estudio con un diseño transversal, cuantitativo de tipo descr...
Drug use in our society seems to be a growing concern. Hence the concern of the ES/CICAD and CAMH to sponsor Multicentric Research projects for which this is one. This study therefore sought to determine gender differences for peer influence on drug use among students from one university in Guyana. A sur...
Tinoco, Lucia Isabel Solórzano;
Mann, Robert;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Erickson, Patricia;
Brands, Bruna;
Giesbrecht, Norman;
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Cumsille, Francisco;
Sapag, Jaime;
Khenti, Akwatu.
Investigación exploratoria que pretendió examinar la asociación entre el maltrato durante la niñez y el uso y abuso de drogas entre los estudiantes de una Universidad en León, Nicaragua. Mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario auto-administrado se obtuvo que el 51.6% de los participantes eran de ...
Rodríguez, Marlon Osman Meléndez;
Mann, Robert;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Erickson, Pat;
Brands, Bruna;
Giesbrecht, Norman;
Castillo, Ever Téllez;
Gutiérrez, Luis Zambrana;
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Cumsille, Francisco;
Sapag, Jaime;
Khenti, Akwatu.
Las drogas ilícitas junto con el abuso sexual durante la infancia son responsables de una considerable morbilidad en el mundo. Los resultados del presente estudio muestran que el abuso sexual fue reportada por el 8.9% [IC95% (6.1%, 11.8%)] de los encuestados. La prevalencia del consumo de drogas ilícit...
