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Frequency and Correlates of Substance Use among Preadolescents and Adolescents in a Swiss Epidemiological Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1998

Hans-Christoph Steinhausen  and
Christa Winkler Metzke
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Affiliation:
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Christa Winkler Metzke
Affiliation:
University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Abstract

Alcohol use and nicotine use were investigated in a representative sample of 1110 study participants aged 10 to 17 years. In addition to questions on substance use, the participants responded to questionnaires covering behavior and emotions, life events, self-related cognitions, coping capacities, perceived parental behavior, perceived school environment, and the social network. The gender gap in substance use tended to close with increasing age. Parental substance use served as a model for substance use in the participants. Substance users had more abnormal scores on almost all variables as compared to abstaining controls. Lack of acceptance and control, pressure to achieve at school, and life events significantly predicted substance use. The latter served as a moderating risk variable for delinquent behavior under stress.

Keywords

Alcohol usenicotine usepreadolescenceadolescence
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , March 1998 , pp. 387 - 397
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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