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Direct linkKatelyn F. Romm; Amy M. Cohn; Laura A. Beebe; Carla J. Berg – Health Education Research, 2023
Little research has examined mechanisms driving cannabis use disparities among sexual minority (SM; versus heterosexual) young adults (YAs). Participants were US YA women (N = 1345; 24.8% bisexual, 6.1% lesbian) and men (N = 998: 8.9% bisexual, 13.8% gay). Bivariate analyses examined associations between sexual orientation (heterosexual,…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Use, LGBTQ People, Young Adults
Leslie, Mykal J.; Sheppard-Jones, Kathleen; Bishop, Malachy L. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2020
Purpose: The profession of rehabilitation counseling has long been responsive to emerging disabilities. To date, however, the profession's attention and response to the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States has been incommensurate with the scope and detriment of opioids and opioid use disorder (OUD) on Americans with disabilities. The opioid…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Disabilities, At Risk Persons, Barriers
Sussman, Steve; Unger, Jennifer B.; Begay, Cynthia; Moerner, Lou; Soto, Claradina – Journal of Drug Education, 2021
The present study investigated the prevalence and co-occurrence of addictions to tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, food/eating, the internet, texting, video games, shopping, love, sex, exercise, work, and gambling among American Indian (AI) youth in California. As with previous work in other cultural groups, the most prevalent addictions were love,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Incidence
Crossley, Matthew J.; Maddox, W. Todd; Ashby, F. Gregory – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
Interventions for drug abuse and other maladaptive habitual behaviors may yield temporary success but are often fragile and relapse is common. This implies that current interventions do not erase or substantially modify the representations that support the underlying addictive behavior--that is, they do not cause true unlearning. One example of an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Feedback (Response), Intervention
Walburg, Vera; Moncla, Dany; Mialhes, Aurélie – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Cannabis is a substance frequently consumed by adolescents, which is a risk factor for many psychopathological disorders. At the same time, adolescents in high-schools are likely to be exposed to significant stress from school that can sometimes lead to a burnout syndrome. Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore the impact…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, High School Students
Download full textGenctanirim Kurt, Dilek – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to identify the factors in suicide risk among college students by examining the direct and indirect effects of drug use, internet addiction, gender, and alcohol use on suicide risk. The sample of the study is composed of 975 students studying at different faculties of Ahi Evran University during the academic year 2011-2012. They…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, College Students, Suicide, Drug Abuse
Sherba, R. Thomas; Gersper, Beth E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to inform policymakers on current gambling beliefs, motives, and behaviors of both community college and university students in an effort to evaluate the extent of problem gambling in the overall college student population. To examine differences in gambling and problem gambling between community college and…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Two Year College Students, College Students, Institutional Characteristics
Barral, Carmen; Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco Jose; Navarro-Marfisis, Maria Cecilia; Roncero, Carlos; Casas, Miguel – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Aims: Addiction treatment training has been recognized to be an essential part of the curriculum in psychiatry and general medicine. Our objective in this study was to measure the knowledge and attitudes towards addictions among medical residents of a general hospital in Catalonia, Spain. Methods: Within a sample of medical residents, we…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Graduate Medical Education, Addictive Behavior, Drug Rehabilitation
King'endo, Madrine – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was to find out the behavior disorders displayed by secondary school students as a result of substance abuse. This would assist to train teachers on specialized intervention methods so that they can have knowledge on how to curb drug menace in learning institutions. The students were interrogated about substance abuse…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Drug Abuse, Correlation, Secondary School Students
Longman-Mills, S.; Gonzalez, W. Y.; Melendez, M. O.; Garcia, M. R.; Gomez, J. D.; Juarez, C. G.; Martinez, E. A.; Penalba, S. J.; Pizzanelli, E. M.; Solorzano, L. I.; Wright, M. G. M.; Cumsille, F.; De La Haye, W.; Sapag, J. C.; Khenti, A.; Hamilton, H. A.; Erickson, P. G.; Brands, B.; Flam-Zalcman, R.; Simpson, S.; Wekerle, C.; Mann, R. E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objectives: Research from developed countries shows that child maltreatment increases the risk for substance use and problems. However, little evidence on this relationship is available from developing countries, and recognition of this relationship may have important implications for substance demand reduction strategies, including efforts to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Evidence, Addictive Behavior, Drug Abuse
Brunelle, Natacha; Tremblay, Joël; Blanchette-Martin, Nadine; Gendron, Annie; Tessier, Mélanie – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
A total of 726 youths presenting a severe addiction were evaluated at the time of their request for services in an addiction rehabilitation center. Results show that the more delinquent youths have a more severe profile of substance use, thus confirming the strong association between psychoactive substance (PAS) use severity and delinquency. Girls…
Descriptors: Correlation, Drug Abuse, Delinquency, Adolescents
Martin, Gina; Macdonald, Scott; Ishiguro, Sonya – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2013
This study assessed the relative importance of problem gambling, cocaine use and selected psychosocial characteristics in predicting criminal convictions. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by clients when admitted to a treatment program for a primary problem with cocaine (n = 300), gambling (n = 199), or tobacco (n = 249). The…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Smoking, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
Konijnenberg, Carolien; Lund, Ingunn Olea; Melinder, Annika – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
It is still under debate whether the reported effects of opioid maintenance therapy (OMT) on child behaviour are a direct effect of prenatal exposure, or whether other factors are involved. This prospective cohort study investigated three models: the teratogenic risk model, the maternal risk model, and a combined risk model in a group of 35…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Prenatal Influences, Drug Abuse, At Risk Persons
Quinn, James F.; Sneed, Zach – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2008
This article synthesizes neuroscience findings with long-standing criminological models and data into a comprehensive explanation of the relationship between drug use and crime. The innate factors that make some people vulnerable to drug use are conceptually similar to those that predict criminality, supporting a spurious reciprocal model of the…
Descriptors: Crime, Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Neurology
