Substance Use among Spanish Adolescents

The Information Paradox

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ID15467943
AuthorsÁngel Belzunegui-Eraso (0000-0002-6355-1593, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, corresponding author), Inma Pastor-Gosálbez (0000-0003-4913-0722, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Laia Raigal‐Aran (0000-0003-3308-0572, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Francesc Valls Fonayet (0000-0003-2801-2356, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Sonia Fernández-Aliseda (0000-0003-1153-1010, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Teresa Torres-Coronas (0000-0002-9900-4997, Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue2
Pages627-627
Publication date2020-01-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17020627
PMID31963717
OpenAlexW3000700421
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited24

This aim of this paper is to determine the relationship between the consumption of tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol (including drunkenness and binge drinking consumption patterns) in the previous 30 days by Spanish adolescents and the information that is available to adolescents on drug consumption. This cross-sectional study employed data from the Survey on Drug Use in Secondary Education in Spain (ESTUDES 2016), which was conducted on students aged 14 to 18 ( n = 35,369). Contingency tables, mean comparison tests, and logistic regression analyses were conducted and prevalence ratios (PR) were obtained. The results show that the probability that an adolescent will smoke tobacco is associated with whether their mother and/or father smoke (PR: 1.30), whether some of their friends smoke (PR: 14.23), whether the majority of their friends smoke (PR: 94.05) and how well informed they perceive themselves to be (PR: 1.30). Cannabis use is mainly associated with whether most of their friends also use cannabis (PR: 93.05) and whether they are sufficiently informed regarding this consumption (PR: 1.59). Alcohol consumption is associated with whether their mothers drink regularly (PR: 1.21), whether most of their friends drink (PR: 37.29), and whether they are well informed (PR: 1.28). Getting drunk and binge drinking are associated with whether their friends have these behaviors (PR: 44.81 and 7.36, respectively) and whether they are sufficiently informed (PR: 1.23 for both behaviors). In conclusion, the consumption of these substances is more frequent among Spanish adolescents who believe that they are better informed and whose friends have similar patterns of consumption

Binge drinking · Cannabis · Consumption (sociology · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Poison control · Psychiatry · Smoke · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Demography · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Internal Medicine

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