Physical Aggression and Concurrent Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Adolescents
| Autor: | Pál Czobor, Erika Bácskai, Balázs Matuszka, József Gerevich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Tobacco use Aggression Public health Population 030508 substance abuse Alcohol 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health chemistry.chemical_compound Health psychology 0302 clinical medicine chemistry Secondary analysis medicine School environment 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Psychiatry education Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 15:90-99 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1882 1557-1874 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11469-015-9630-6 |
| Popis: | The transition to adolescence involves biological and psychological changes, coinciding with a significant shift in school environment. These factors make young people vulnerable to drinking and smoking. These in turn can lead to aggressive behaviors, especially if they co-occur. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between the use of alcohol and tobacco alone, and the joint use of these substances, with physical aggression in this population. A representative school sample of 14–16 years old adolescents (N = 944) was used (mean age 15.03 years). In the primary GLIMMIX analyses we used the trait-aggression scores as a continuous dependent variable; in the secondary analysis we investigated trait aggression as a categorical variable. Past month prevalence of smoking and drinking was 29.6 and 41.4 %, respectively. The prevalence of joint use was 21.7 %. Drinking and smoking were additively associated with elevated physical aggression, which was significantly higher among joint-users than in single substance users or non-users. Our findings pinpoint the potential importance of the joint use of these substances in the development of aggressive behaviors during this transition period. |
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