Psychosocial stress, coping and drug abuse in adolescents

The objective of this study was to compare the occurrence and intensity of psychosocial stress and coping strategies used by a group of illicit drug user’s students with another group of non-drug users, and to identify the presence of predictive factors associated to substance consumption (psychosoc...

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Main Authors:	Muñoz-García, Adriana Noemí, Arellanez-Hernández, Jorge Luis
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Published:	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2015
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spelling	oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-1162018-06-24T00:47:02Z Psychosocial stress, coping and drug abuse in adolescents Estrés psicosocial, estrategias de afrontamiento y consumo de drogas en adolescentes Muñoz-García, Adriana Noemí Arellanez-Hernández, Jorge Luis stress coping risk factor drug abuse adolescent estrés afrontamiento factor de riesgo consumo de drogas adolescentes The objective of this study was to compare the occurrence and intensity of psychosocial stress and coping strategies used by a group of illicit drug user’s students with another group of non-drug users, and to identify the presence of predictive factors associated to substance consumption (psychosocial stress, coping strategies and demographic characteristics such as age and sex). A cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted, with an ex post facto design using quantitative methodology. A questionnaire was applied to 334 students of a public middle school. The substances of most commonly used were alcohol and tobacco; however, 9.3% of students had consumed illicit drugs at least once in their lifetimes. 97.7% of non-users of illicit drugs and 100% of drug users experienced at least one stressful event in the last year. The drug user group registered more stressful events in: personal, family, economic and health/accident areas. In the nondrug illicit user group, the area of social violence reported more occurrences, but less intensity compared to the drug user group. This last group showed more avoidance strategies for coping with stress (tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking). Two factors were identified as predictors of illicit drug use, age and tobacco smoking as coping strategy. El objetivo de la investigación fue comparar en un grupo de estudiantes usuarios de drogas ilícitas con otro de no usuarios, la ocurrencia e intensidad del estrés psicosocial y las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas, e identificar si algunas de estas variables o algunas características sociodemográficas pueden fungir como predictores para el consumo de drogas ilícitas. Se realizó una investigación de corte cuantitativo, con un diseño transversal, correlacional, ex post facto. Se aplicó un cuestionario a 334 estudiantes de secundaria en Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. Aunque las sustancias de mayor consumo fueron alcohol y tabaco, 9.3% de los estudiantes señaló que había consumido drogas ilícitas al menos una vez. Destaca que 100% de los usuarios de drogas y 97.7% de los no usuarios reportaron haber vivido al menos un evento estresor en el último año. En el grupo de estudiantes usuarios de drogas se registraron mayores niveles de estrés, familiar, económico y por enfermedades/accidentes, así como mayor disposición a fumar tabaco y consumir bebidas con alcohol como una forma de afrontar el estrés (afrontamiento evitativo). Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2015-11-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://revistapcc.uat.edu.mx/index.php/RPC/article/view/116 10.29365/rpcc.20151130-42 Revista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2015): Julio-Diciembre de 2015; 1-20 Revista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales; Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2015): Julio-Diciembre de 2015; 1-20 2683-1813 2007-1833 10.1804/rpcc-uacjs.v6i2 spa https://revistapcc.uat.edu.mx/index.php/RPC/article/view/116/pdf 10.1804/rpcc-uacjs.v6i2.116.g185 Derechos de autor 2016 REVISTA DE PSICOLOGÍA Y CIENCIAS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO DE LA U.A.C.J.S.
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title_short	Psychosocial stress, coping and drug abuse in adolescents
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description	The objective of this study was to compare the occurrence and intensity of psychosocial stress and coping strategies used by a group of illicit drug user’s students with another group of non-drug users, and to identify the presence of predictive factors associated to substance consumption (psychosocial stress, coping strategies and demographic characteristics such as age and sex). A cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted, with an ex post facto design using quantitative methodology. A questionnaire was applied to 334 students of a public middle school. The substances of most commonly used were alcohol and tobacco; however, 9.3% of students had consumed illicit drugs at least once in their lifetimes. 97.7% of non-users of illicit drugs and 100% of drug users experienced at least one stressful event in the last year. The drug user group registered more stressful events in: personal, family, economic and health/accident areas. In the nondrug illicit user group, the area of social violence reported more occurrences, but less intensity compared to the drug user group. This last group showed more avoidance strategies for coping with stress (tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking). Two factors were identified as predictors of illicit drug use, age and tobacco smoking as coping strategy.
publisher	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
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Psychosocial stress, coping and drug abuse in adolescents

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