The influence of protective and risk factors in individual, peer and school domains on Thai adolescents' alcohol and illicit drug use: A survey

Wongtongkam, Nualnong; Ward, Paul; Day, Andrew; Winefield, Anthony H.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.05.026

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“…al., 2015). Protective factors that have been associated with alcohol use in adolescents are: social and communication skills, positive self-concept, moral beliefs, positive peer and parenting role models, participation in religious activities, good school performance, social involvement and high educational level of parents (Birhanu, Bisetengn & Woldeyohannes 2014;Wongtongkam, Ward, Day & Winefield, 2014). Some of the above-mentioned peer-related variables (e.g., peer norms and peer influence) appear to have a protective function towards drinking intentions and alcohol use (Liu et al, 2014;Lee et al, 2015).…”

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“…Peer-related variables (e.g., peer deviance, peer alcohol use, peer influence, (experienced) peer norms and peer popularity) appear to be prominent factors in explaining drinking intentions and occasions and alcohol use (Beullens et al, 2014;Jones & Magee, 2014;Liu et al, 2014;Cooke et al, 3 Day, & Winefield, 2014). A 21-year follow-up study by Salom and colleagues (2014) showed that several aspects of early socio-economic disadvantage (low family income, low maternal education, family unemployment) are associated with alcohol use and mental health disorders in young people.…”

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“…For example, stimulating youngsters to build a stable and prosocial network of close friends and promote better communication and bonding between adolescents and families, as well as healthy social activities among adolescents (Jones & Magee, 2014;Tomczyk et al 2015). Educational programs that enhance academic performance and prosocial peer relationships have proven to be helpful to prevent adolescents' substance use/abuse (Andrade, 2014;Wongtongkam et al 2014;Tomczyk et al 2015).…”

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Risk and protective factors for alcohol use among school-going adolescents in Montevideo (Uruguay)

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Purpose: This study explores risk and protective factors for alcohol use among school-going adolescents in Montevideo (Uruguay).Design: A self-report survey was administered to 331 school-going adolescents in Montevideo (Uruguay) (M age = 13; SD = .05), using (i) the alcohol screening instrument of the Uruguayan National Drug Board to assess adolescents' alcohol use(yes/no), (ii) a screening instrument for psychopathology and resilience (the Adolescent Self Report), and (iii) a socio-demographic questionnaire.Findings: Logistic regression analyses identified antisocial behavior, substance use and negative emotionality (F2), disruptive and dysregulated behavior (F8), higher age and recent death of a close relative as risk factors, while the number of close friends was identified as a protective factor for past year alcohol use (yes/no). No straightforward relationship was found between schools and the risk for the past year alcohol use. In addition, Age, F2, F8, and recent death of a close relative appeared to be the most robust predictors. Research implications/limitations:The study was the first in Uruguay to relate adolescents' alcohol use to risk and protective factors. Given the cross-sectional nature of the study, causal relationships could not be determined. Originality/value:The study provides preliminary recommendations for policy makers and other stakeholders involved in youth affairs on core elements to focus on school-, community-and familybased alcohol prevention programs for adolescents.

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“…A bad social environment, poor school ethos and the drug abuse behavior of peers, is a risk factor for teenagers' drug abuse [8,21,[25][26][27][28]. The increasing number of entertain venues, including the cyber bar, KTV and bars, provides a source and space for teenagers' drug abuse.…”

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Analysis on Current Status and Influencing Factors of Drug Abuse among Teenagers

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Abstract. In recent years, drug abuse shows an obvious tendency of diversification and becoming younger, and teenagers' drug abuse has become one of the serious public health problems in the world. In this paper, the situation and influencing factors of teenagers' drug abuse were summarized according to the existing research. It is of significant importance to the teenagers' drug abuse prevention and correction, and also to provide evidence for preventive policy.In recent years, diversity of drug abuse tends to be more diverse and younger, and drug abuse among young people has become one of the serious public health problems in the world. It is due to the fact that teenagers' physiology and psychology are on the developing stage and they are affected easily by various factors, adolescence is a crucial period for a person's growth. Teenagers' drug abuse will cause serious bodily damage, psychological problems such as depression and suicide, or even produce all kinds of criminal acts, and lead to huge social problems. Therefore, understanding the status quo and influencing factors of drug abuse among adolescents could provide scientific basis for government making the relative policy. The Status Quo of Drug Abuse among TeenagersDrug abuse shows a low aging tendency in recent years, and drug abuse among adolescents has become a global problem. The data of drug abuse collected by Chinese National adverse drug reaction monitoring center in 2014 concluded that new drug abusers aged under 20 years old was 10.6% and the statistics of new drug abusers at the age of 21~30 years old was 49.4%, which indicated that drug abuse present an apparent trend of becoming younger in average age and drug abusers are primarily unemployed, less educated and unmarried males [1]. The result of recently foreign research also shows that drug abusers mostly are adolescent [2].Researches [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] show that the utilization rate of drug abuse among adolescents besides smoking and drinking alcohol was 1.85% to 40.9%. Students who used Opioid medicines and Depressant and Stimulants Drugs for non-medicinal purposes among students aged from 12 to 19 in Kwangtung province were 7.5% and 4.8% respectively [7].In certain southwestern province in China, 13.5% of students had the behavior of taking drugs, 40.9% of reform school students and 2.5% of students in ordinary middle school took drugs [8]. The data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2014 showed that 23.4% of students in grades 9~12 took illegal drugs [6]. The data of National survey on drug use and health in the United States (NSDUH) displayed that 15.1% of teenagers aged from 12 to 17 had the behavior of opioid drug abuse and dependence [11]. The incidence of the behavior of using prescription and non-the-counter drugs is 6.2%~20.0% among foreign adolescents [12][13][14], and the phenomenon of using psychoactive drugs such as "cough medicine" and compound liquorice tablets without medical purposes among adolescents is appearing in Chi...

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“…In addition, there are risk factors of the school per se, listed in the classic article by Gottfredson (1987), such as low-quality education. A recent Thai study (Wongtongkam et al 2014) showed that little involvement with the school is a strong risk factor, increasing the chances of using club drugs 10-fold and tripling the chances of using solvents. These and other factors are more incisive in the adolescent's transition to secondary school, a level that predisposes students to experimentation (Piko and Kovács 2010).…”

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Drug use prevention projects in schools in Vitória, Brazil: quality analysis and improvement proposals

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García

Jiménez

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Adolescents living in vulnerable regions are more exposed to risk factors for drug use. The prevention of such use in school is a public policy that needs evaluation. Based on technical criteria and derived from a mixed research, this article analyses the quality of school-based prevention of drug use in Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, and proposes improvements. A checklist of quality elements was completed with data from 16 projects proposed by 99 teachers from public schools. In 10 projects (62.5%), the approximate quality index was above 0.50. The majority of projects fulfilled the requirement of theoretical foundation (81.25%) and some of the methodological (93.75%), design (75%) and implementation (62%) requirements. Other requirements were absent: the majority were not designed by the whole school community (87.5%), and the participation of the family (62.5%) or the students as mediators (62.5%) was not considered. In general, contents of life skills (87.5%), positive relationships and alternative activities to drug use (56.25%) were not included. Activities for reinforcing the content were not described in any of the projects, and evaluation activities were described in only a few (31.25%). Many projects did not describe the inclusion of the project in the school curriculum (62.5%). Although, considering all items of effectiveness, regardless of their weight, more than half of the projects had an above average quality. The present items provide quality to the projects, whereas absent items indicate shortcomings to be improved using some of the measures described in this study.

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The influence of protective and risk factors in individual, peer and school domains on Thai adolescents' alcohol and illicit drug use: A survey

Cited by 45 publications

References 44 publications

Risk and protective factors for alcohol use among school-going adolescents in Montevideo (Uruguay)

Risk and protective factors for alcohol use among school-going adolescents in Montevideo (Uruguay)

Analysis on Current Status and Influencing Factors of Drug Abuse among Teenagers

Drug use prevention projects in schools in Vitória, Brazil: quality analysis and improvement proposals

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