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Factores psicosociales de riesgo de consumo de drogas ilícitas en una muestra de estudiantes mexicanos de educación media

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2008
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Díaz Negrete, Bruno
García-Aurrecoechea, Raúl
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OBJETIVOS: Identificar factores psicosociales de riesgo de consumo de sustancias ilícitas en estudiantes mexicanos y ofrecer elementos para el diseño de programas de prevención. MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal no experimental con una muestra de 516 estudiantes de secundaria y bachillerato de seis de las principales ciudades de México. Entre abril y junio de 2005 se aplicó una adaptación de la versión abreviada del Inventario de Tamizaje sobre el Consumo de Drogas (DUSI-R). El análisis comprendió ocho factores: abuso en el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas o drogas, malestar afectivo, bajo control conductual, baja adherencia escolar, baja competencia social, relaciones familiares disfuncionales, aislamiento social y pertenencia a redes sociales desviantes (cuyos integrantes consumen drogas y adoptan actitudes antisocia-les). Se identificaron factores de predicción del consumo de drogas ilícitas mediante regresión logística y se elaboró un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales para determinar las relaciones entre los factores. RESULTADOS: Los factores de predicción del consumo de sustancias ilícitas fueron presentar un bajo control conductual con tendencia a actuar impulsivamente y con agresividad, estar vinculado con pares desviantes y estar expuesto con frecuencia a situaciones familiares de conflicto y violencia y al consumo de sustancias ilícitas y alcohol en el hogar. El modelo de ecuaciones estructurales indicó que el consumo de estas sustancias forma parte de un grupo de trastornos de ajuste conductual, determinado directamente por la vinculación con pares desviantes y por una mayor prevalencia de trastornos socioafectivos, e indirectamente por las relaciones familiares disfuncionales. CONCLUSIONES: Se confirmaron algunas implicaciones de los modelos teóricos propuestos para explicar el consumo de drogas. Estos elementos empíricamente sustentados pueden contribuir al diseño de programas preventivos, principalmente de tipos selectivo e indicado.(AU)
 
OBJECTIVES: To identify psychosocial risk factors for substance abuse among Mexican students and to offer elements for the design of prevention programs. METHODS: A cross-sectional, nonexperimental study of a sample of 516 high school students in six of Mexico's most important cities. From April-June 2005, a customized version of the Drug Use Screening Inventory (revised) (DUSI-R) was administered. The analysis comprised eight factors: alcohol and drug abuse, affective disorders, poor self-control, poor school adjustment, low social competence, dysfunctional family relationships, social isolation, and being part of a detrimental social network (whose members take drugs and have antisocial attitudes). Factors predictive for illicit drug use were found by logistical regression, and a structural equation model was designed to determine the relationships among the factors. RESULTS: The factors that predicted substance abuse were poor self-control with a tendency to act impulsively and aggressively; associating with troublemakers; and being frequently exposed to family conflicts, violence, and drug and/or alcohol use in the home. The structural equation model indicated that substance abuse is one of a group of disorders directly determined by associating with detrimental peers, and a higher rate of socioaffective disorders, and indirectly, by dysfunctional family relationships. CONCLUSIONS: Some of the suggestions made by theoretical models to explain substance abuse were confirmed. These empirically-supported elements can contribute to the design of prevention programs, especially those that are selective and recommended.(AU)
 
Translated title
Psychosocial risk factors for illicit drug use in a sample of Mexican high school students
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;24(4),oct. 2008
Subject
Drogas Ilícitas; Factores de Riesgo; Estudiantes; Mexico; Street drugs; Risk factors; Students; Mexico; Drogas Ilícitas; Estudantes; Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias; Comportamento do Adolescente; Psicologia do Adolescente; Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas; Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil; Comorbidade; Comportamento Impulsivo; Relações Interpessoais; Mexico; Modelos Teóricos; Transtornos do Humor; Grupo Associado; Fatores de Risco; Transtornos do Comportamento Social; Isolamento Social; Estudantes; Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias; População Urbana
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http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892008001000001
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9927
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Díaz Negrete, Bruno,García-Aurrecoechea, Raúl (2008) Factores psicosociales de riesgo de consumo de drogas ilícitas en una muestra de estudiantes mexicanos de educación media. Rev Panam Salud Publica;24(4) 223-232,oct. 2008. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892008001000001
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