Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of party-drug use and associated problems among university students in the Netherlands
Background Recent developments in drug use patterns call for an investigation of current party-drug use and associated problems among college students, who appear to be an important target population for harm reduction interventions. Objectives In addition to reporting on party-drug use prevalence, we investigated whether initial use and continuation of party-drug use among students was associated with demographic, personality and psychosocial factors. Methods An online questionnaire was administered to 446 students from a Dutch university, inquiring about party-drug use, demographic character... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Kunst , L E & Gebhardt , W A 2018 , ' Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of party-drug use and associated problems among university students in the Netherlands ' , Substance Use & Misuse , vol. 53 , no. 12 , pp. 2077-2088 . https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1455700 |
Schlagwörter: | AGGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE / ALCOHOL-USE / ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY-DISORDER / BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE / COLLEGE-STUDENTS / ECSTASY USE / NONPARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP / PLANNED BEHAVIOR / Party-drugs / SUBSTANCE-USE DISORDERS / YOUNG-ADULTS / college students / new psychoactive substances / personality / social norms |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27603239 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/ca5e905c-5b24-44c6-a004-44d28de9b8e1 |
Background Recent developments in drug use patterns call for an investigation of current party-drug use and associated problems among college students, who appear to be an important target population for harm reduction interventions. Objectives In addition to reporting on party-drug use prevalence, we investigated whether initial use and continuation of party-drug use among students was associated with demographic, personality and psychosocial factors. Methods An online questionnaire was administered to 446 students from a Dutch university, inquiring about party-drug use, demographic characteristics, social norms and personality (big five, impulsiveness, aggression). Univariate and multivariate bootstrapped linear regression analyses were used. Results Of all students, 22.9% indicated having used party-drugs at least once, with a notable sex difference (39.2% of men vs. 16.2% of women). In contrast to the reported trends in Dutch nightlife, GHB was used rarely (lifetime 1.6%) and new psychoactive substances (NPS; 6.7%) appeared almost equally popular as amphetamines (7.6%) and cocaine (7%). Mild health/psychosocial problems (e.g., doing embarrassing things, feeling unwell) were common (65%), whereas serious problems (e.g., being hospitalized) were rare. Neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness and impulsiveness were associated with lifetime but not regular party-drug use. Of all predictors, lifetime and regular party-drug use were most strongly related to lenient injunctive and descriptive norms in friends, and a low motivation to comply with parents. Conclusions Our findings indicate that harm reduction/preventive interventions might profit from focusing on social norms, and targeting students who are highly involved in a pro-party-drug environment while experiencing less parental influence.