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Substance use and multiple victimisation among adolescents in South Africa
(Usage de substances psychoactives et victimisation chez des adolescents en Afrique du Sud)
Auteur(s) :
MOROJELE N. K. ;
BROOK, J. S.
Année :
2006
Page(s) :
1163-1176
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
47
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
CONSOMMATION
;
VICTIME
;
PAIR
;
PARENT
;
VIOLENCE
;
DELINQUANCE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
Note générale :
Addictive Behaviors, 2006, 31, (7), 1163-1176
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The aims of the study were to examine the relationship between multiple victimisation and drug use, and the role of drug use and other intra-personal, peer, parental and environmental factors in predicting multiple victimisation among adolescents in South Africa. A cross-sectional design was employed. The participants comprised 1474 male and female adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years, from Durban and Cape Town. They completed questionnaire measures assessing demographic characteristics; self, peer and parental drug use; self and peer delinquency; parental child-centredness and rules; and community drug availability and exposure to violence on television. A measure of multiple victimisation assessed whether or not the respondents had experienced two or more different types of violence in their lifetime. There was a significant association between frequency of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use and multiple victimisation. Significant predictors of multiple victimisation in multiple logistic regression analyses were variables within intra-personal, peer, parental and environmental domains. Victimisation prevention programmes in South Africa should be comprehensive and target adolescents' drug use as well as their other psychosocial risk factors. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Private Bag X385, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. E-mail : neo.morojelemrc.ac.za
Afrique du Sud. South Africa.
Afrique du Sud. South Africa.