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 explore the perception of harms and benefits of marijuana use and adolescents' intention to use within the context of regulatory changes. Method: a multi-centric quantitative cross-sectional survey. The survey incorporated two public co-educational secondary schools from which a...
Conceição, Maria Inês Gandolfo;
Rodriguez, Maria Fernanda Reyes;
Henriquez, Patricia Cid;
Modeste, Narsha;
Wynter, Jason;
Gray-Phillip, Gaile;
Tavarez, Guarionex Gomez;
Husaini, Danladi Chiroma;
Tapia, Maria Gabriela Morgado;
Fierro, Karina Rivera;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Khenti, Akwatu;
Hynes, Marya;
Ventura, Carla Arena;
Brands, Bruna.
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the perception of harms and benefits associated with cannabis use among adolescents and how regulatory changes might affect their intention to use marijuana. Method: this multi-centric cross-sectional survey study. participants included 2717 students aged 15-17 from...
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...
ABSTRACT Objective: determine the attitudes of urban residents of a community in León, Nicaragua, towards people with drug use. Method: cross-sectional study with 121 people, aged 18-65, randomly surveyed with a multidimensional Attitude Inventory. Results: the global scale of attitudes showed negati...
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...
