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Risk-taking and drug-use behaviour: an examination
Auteur(s) :
E. M. ADLAF ;
R. G. SMART
Article en page(s) :
287-296
Refs biblio. :
16
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEUNE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
POLYCONSOMMATION
;
ENQUETE
;
ADOLESCENT
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1983, 11, (3-4), 287-296
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between several forms of drug-use behaviour and risk-taking propensity. Jackson's (1976) risk-taking measure was employed among a sample of high school students (N = 634) selected from a province-wide probability survey on student drug use. The authors predicted that risk-taking would be associated with: (i) the dependence potential of a given drug; (ii) level of drug use; (iii) polydrug use. No conclusive evidence was found confirming the first two hypotheses; however, the data clearly demonstrated that level of polydrug use was significantly related to risk scores. The authors suggest that risk-taking as a general personality trait may more readily distinguish non-users from users of various drugs than discriminate among degrees of use in the latter. (Author' s abstract)
ENGLISH :
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between several forms of drug-use behaviour and risk-taking propensity. Jackson's (1976) risk-taking measure was employed among a sample of high school students (N = 634) selected from a province-wide probability survey on student drug use. The authors predicted that risk-taking would be associated with: (i) the dependence potential of a given drug; (ii) level of drug use; (iii) polydrug use. No conclusive evidence was found confirming the first two hypotheses; however, the data clearly demonstrated that level of polydrug use was significantly related to risk scores. The authors suggest that risk-taking as a general personality trait may more readily distinguish non-users from users of various drugs than discriminate among degrees of use in the latter. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Canada. Canada.
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