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Protective role of personal competence skills in adolescent substance use: psychological well-being as a mediating factor (2001)
(Le rôle protecteur des compétences personnelles des adolescents face à l'usage des drogues : le bien être psychologique en tant que facteur de médiation)
Auteur(s) :
GRIFFIN, K. W. ;
SCHEIER, L. M. ;
BOTVIN, G. J. ;
DIAZ, T.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
194-203
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
FACTEUR DE PROTECTION
;
STRATEGIE ACTIVE D'ADAPTATION
;
INITIATION
;
COMPETENCES PSYCHOSOCIALES
;
BIEN-ETRE
Note générale :
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2001, 15, (3), 194-203
Résumé :
Adolescents who use a variety of cognitive and behavior self-management strategies have been shown to report reduced rates of early-stage substance use, but little is known about how these personal competence skills may be protective. In a series of structural equation models, this study examined the association between competence skills and substance use over a 3-year period among 849 suburban junior high school students, and whether psychological distress, well-being, or both mediated this relation. Findings indicated that well-being fully mediated the relation between early competence and later substance use, but distress did not. Youth with good competence skills reported greater subsequent well-being, which in turn predicted less later substance use. Findings suggest that competence skills protect youth by enhancing well-being and that prevention programs should aim to enhance competence in order to promote resilience. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Weill Medical College, Cornell Univ.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.