Relación entre conducta prosocial, resolución de problemas y consumo de drogas en adolescentes = Relationship of the prosocial behaviour, the problem-solving skills and the use of drugs amongst adolescents

The objectives of the present study are the following ones: 1) to study the use of drugs, the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with respect to age and gender, and 2) to analyze the association of both the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with the use of drugs. An...

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Autores: Hernández Serrano, Olga, Espada, José P., Guillén Riquelme, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/14000
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/14000
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adolescents -- Consum de drogues
Teenagers -- Drug use
Adolescents -- Psicologia -- Avaluació
Adolescent psychology -- Evaluation
Conducta (Psicologia)
Human behavior
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Sumario:The objectives of the present study are the following ones: 1) to study the use of drugs, the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with respect to age and gender, and 2) to analyze the association of both the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with the use of drugs. An descriptive cross-sectional study was performed, amongst a sample of 567 students in Spanish Compulsory Secondary Education (48.14% males) with an age range from 14 to 17 years (M = 14.92; SD = .90). Statistically significant differences were found concerning alcohol use and the prosocial behaviour with respect to gender, as well as concerning alcohol and cannabis use with respect to age. When we controlled the effect of age and sex in the regression models, the variable that best predicted alcohol and cannabis use was prosocial behavior. The results from this study enhance the importance of tailored interventions based on the promotion of prosocial behaviours as fundamental protective factor for substances use such as alcohol and cannabis amongst adolescents