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Individual and peer factors associated with ketamine use among adolescents in Taiwan
- Source :
- European childadolescent psychiatry. 21(10)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the individual (demographic characteristics, substance-using behaviors, emotional status, and negative outcome expectancy) and peer factors associated with ketamine use in Taiwanese adolescents. A total of 9,860 adolescents completed the self-report questionnaires without omission. Demographic characteristics, substance-using behaviors, emotional status, negative outcome expectancy, and peer factors were compared between the ketamine users and non-users using the Mann–Whitney U test and the Chi-square test, and then significant factors were further selected for stepwise logistic regression analysis to examine the associated factors of ketamine use. Sixty-nine (0.7 %) participants reported having used ketamine in the past year. The results of logistic regression analysis indicated that ketamine users were more likely to use marijuana, smoke cigarettes, have peers using illicit drugs, and have a lower level of negative outcome expectancy regarding using ketamine than ketamine non-users. The associated factors found in this study should be taken into consideration when developing prevention and intervention programs for ketamine use in adolescents.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Substance-Related Disorders
Emotions
Taiwan
Logistic regression
Peer Group
Marijuana use
Risk Factors
Intervention (counseling)
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Ketamine
Psychiatry
Anesthetics, Dissociative
Outcome expectancy
General Medicine
Stepwise regression
Test (assessment)
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Mann–Whitney U test
Regression Analysis
Female
Psychology
medicine.drug
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1435165X
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European childadolescent psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....40e89d658213a7511444a0b7af63496c