llicit Drug Use among College Students: The Importance of Knowledge about Drugs, Live at Home and Peer Influence

Alves, Regina Ferreira; Precioso, José; Becoña, Elisardo

doi:10.1080/02791072.2020.1865592

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“…However, young people can be influenced by peer pressure into developing risky behaviors, which can impact their needs to feel accepted and to belong. 34 The results of this study on nursing students indicate that resilience had an effect on antisocial behavior, dropout, eating habits, and suicidal tendency. On the other hand, there was no found any effect of being resilient for smoking, alcohol, and substance use.…”

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“…In a recent study conducted in Bangladesh (2021), it was found that peer pressure was a risk factor for premarital intercourse among university students. 9 In addition, Alves et al 34 stated that having peers who use illicit drugs increased the risk of using illicit drugs. Also, previous studies showed that peer pressure had a significant effect on various risky behaviors.…”

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The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between peer pressure and risky behaviors among nursing students

Ciydem

Bilgin

2021

Perspect Psychiatric Care

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Purpose: To examine the moderating role of resilience in the relationship between peer pressure and risky behaviors among nursing students. Design and Methods:A cross-sectional correlational study carried out with 512 students. Findings:The mean age was 20.90 ± 1.66. Of the students, 82.4% were females 99.0% were single, 71.5% had moderate socioeconomic status. While peer pressure directly made an effect on whole subdimensions for risky behaviors (p < 0.001), resilience had an effect on antisocial behavior, dropout, eating habits, and suicidal tendency (p < 0.001). Moderation was supported as the relationship between peer pressure and substance use varied by resilience level (p < 0.001).Practical Implications: Students with high levels of resilience are less prone to exhibit some risky behaviors based on peer pressure. Resilience-building strategies should be incorporated into the curriculum.

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The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between peer pressure and risky behaviors among nursing students

Ciydem

Bilgin

2021

Perspect Psychiatric Care

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“…This activity can be carried out properly. Alves et al (2021) show the importance of providing accurate information about the health risks related to each type of drug; the addiction of the influence of peers on the consumption of psychoactive substances; and the importance of creating a space for healthy sharing and coexistence among students without relying on drug use.…”

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Coping strategy and substance use disorders: The mediating role of drug hazard knowledge

Ismail¹,

Damayanti²,

Nurpahmi³

et al. 2021

Psikohumaniora J. Penelit. Psikol.

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Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a social phenomenon that has plagued communities, including adolescents. Coping strategy and drug hazard knowledge are seen as important factors in curbing drug use amongst young people. This study aims to identify the indirect influence of coping strategy through drug hazard knowledge as a mediator in substance use disorders. The research employed a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design, with a sample of 381 adolescents, 313 males and 68 females, selected using a simple random sampling technique. The research instruments comprised the Drugs Abuse Screening Test-28, a coping scale, and drug hazard knowledge scale. AMOS 20.0 for Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used for the analysis. The results show no significant indirect influence of coping strategy through drug hazard knowledge as a mediator in substance use disorder among adolescents. This indicates that drug hazard knowledge has no significant influence on substance use disorders.

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“…Stage 2: epidemiologic, behavioural and environmental diagnosis. Environmental and behavioural factors were explored in this stage, which focused on an analysis of risk behaviours for students' health (Alves et al, 2021a(Alves et al, , 2021b(Alves et al, , 2021c(Alves et al, , 2021d(Alves et al, , 2022Alves and Precioso, 2020) and identified the environmental factors on campus that might negatively affect the students' health, such as vending machines selling high-calorie food and nearby restaurants offering unbalanced meals, coffee shops and bars selling alcoholic drinks, and tobacco sales in kiosks. Health-related services on campus were also identified, including areas for physical activity and a canteen with meals carefully planned by a nutritionist.…”

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Health On You programme: Development and implementation of web-based health education intervention for university students

Alves

2022

Health Education Journal

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Objective: Engaging in healthy behaviour while studying at university is a defining factor in terms of its impact on a person’s later health in life. Therefore, university students are a priority when it comes to health education interventions. This article describes the development and implementation of a web-based health programme intervention to enable students to acquire knowledge and strategies to allow them to make decisions that favour their health by adopting healthy and positive behaviours. Design: The design of the Health On You programme was based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model and used an online platform designed to facilitate self-learning using interactive teaching strategies. The programme included six modules focusing on the following topics – Drinking responsibly; Living free of smoke; Saying no to illicit drugs and to self-medication; Balanced, Healthy and Sustainable Diet; Moving Yourself; and Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections. Setting: Data collection took place in a public university in northern Portugal. Method: In 2021, a cross-sectional study was carried out with a convenience sample of 37 students attending a Portuguese university to assess the implementation process. Results: Overall assessment of the programme was fairly positive – 5.00 (with 5 being the highest mark), as well as for each of its developed modules (mean scores, 4.66–5.00). Conclusion: The Health On You programme appeared to be an innovative web-based health intervention due to the broad-based approach it adopted, both in terms of the topics tackled and the variety of teaching and learning strategies used to address each of the modules.

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llicit Drug Use among College Students: The Importance of Knowledge about Drugs, Live at Home and Peer Influence

Cited by 21 publications

References 54 publications

The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between peer pressure and risky behaviors among nursing students

The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between peer pressure and risky behaviors among nursing students

Coping strategy and substance use disorders: The mediating role of drug hazard knowledge

Health On You programme: Development and implementation of web-based health education intervention for university students

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