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- Title
Dicle Üniversitesi Öğrencilerinde Madde Kullanımını Belirleyen Risk Faktörleri.
- Authors
Yalçın, Murat; Eşsizoğlu, Altan; Akkoç, Hasan; Yaşan, Aziz; Gürgen, Faruk
- Abstract
Objectives: Determination of the prevalence of substance use at least once during life-time, and risk factors associated with substance use among university students, was aimed in the present study. Method: Data obtained via socio-demographic data forms and substance use information forms, from 2040 students attending Dicle University was evaluated with chisquare, t-test and binary logistic regression analysis. Results: It was determined that 123 of the participants (6.03%) have used substance at least once during their life-time. Males compared to females, people who have job compared to jobless, student who have poor academic performance compared to those with average or good academic performance, people without a religious belief compared to people with religious belief, people with a history of suicide attempt compared to people with no suicide attempt, people who defined their families as conservative compared to people who defined their families as liberal had statistically significantly higher rates of substance use at least once during life-time. Being male, living with the family, having job, having divorced parents or separated parents, smoking, using alcohol, having a history of suicide attempt and not having a religious belief, were risk factors for substance use at least once during life-time. Conclusion: Studies on substance use are crucial regarding the changes in prevalence with time. However, in the attempts to prevent substance use, information concerning the factors which increase the risk of substance use is warranted.
- Subjects
SUBSTANCE use of college students; SUBSTANCE abuse; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; SMOKING; ALCOHOL drinking; SUICIDAL behavior
- Publication
Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi, 2009, Vol 12, Issue 3, p125
- ISSN
1302-0099
- Publication type
Article