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Newest firstBackground Illicit substance use is a major social issue affecting youth worldwide. Early identification of its drivers is essential to implement effective interventions and protect youth from its harmful consequences. Aim To examine patterns and risk factors of illicit substance use among young adults and explore perceptions of students and teachers on the issue. Methods An explanatory sequential mixed-method stu…
Open article record in new tab ↗Abstract Recent studies suggest that behavioral and temperament characteristics provide insight into individual differences in drug use behaviors, but few studies have described their prospective associations. We investigated how temperament and behavioral characteristics associate with drinking and cannabis use prior to and during the start of college. Participants were 252 college students (175 females, mean age…
Open article record in new tab ↗ABSTRACTWe estimated prevalence and severity of substance use in college students from three cities in North India and explored demographic correlates of substance use. This was a cross-sectional online survey. We used Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). We contacted respondents through social groups. We performed analyses from the original sample, bootstrapped samples, and random…
Open article record in new tab ↗(1) Background: Cigarette smoking, risky alcohol consumption, and marijuana smoking are the most common behaviors related to legal and illicit drug use worldwide, including among university students. To plan effective evidence-based programs to prevent the risky consumption of these substances among university students, the present study aimed to identify potential sociodemographic and study-related risk groups an…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background According to the literature, the conditions of studying and living as well as the psychological, social and health behavior-related variables, which were strongly related to pharmacological neuroenhancement (PN) before the pandemic, significantly changed during the pandemic. For this reason, it is expected that the prevalence of PN among university students is higher during the pandemic compared to befo…
Open article record in new tab ↗Objective We examined the prevalence of risky alcohol and cannabis use among Brazilian varsity college athletes and whether this group had a greater likelihood of risky use than non-athletes. Methods In 2009, Brazilian college students (n=12,711) were recruited for a national stratified random survey. Their sociodemographic characteristics, mental health, substance use, and participation in varsity sports were ass…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundSubstance use is an important public health concern in many countries across the globe. Among the general public, institutions of higher learning have developed a reputation for inducing new substance use among students. In addition to socio-demographic factors, substance use and abuse among university students often appear to be related to psychological stressors typically related to the demand to adapt…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction: College-aged youth are active on social media yet smoking-related social media engagement in these populations has not been thoroughly investigated. We sought to conduct an exploratory infoveillance study focused on geolocated data to characterize smoking-related tweets originating from California 4-year colleges on Twitter. Methods: Tweets from 2015 to 2019 with geospatial coordinates in CA college…
Open article record in new tab ↗The transition from high school to college is a high-risk stage for the initiation and escalation of substance use. Substance use and its associated risk factors have been thoroughly described in developed countries, such as the United States, but largely neglected in Argentina, a South American country with patterns of a collectivist culture. The present cross-sectional study describes the occurrence of alcohol,…
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