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- Title
Substance Consumption in University Students and the Relationship with Self-Esteem and Psychological Well-Being.
- Authors
Mendes, Liliana; Leonido, Levi; Soares, Bruna; Guimarães, Tânia; Romão, Cátia; Guerra, Mariana; Morgado, Elsa
- Abstract
The consumption of psychoactive substances by university students is a subject that has progressively gained more attention in the literature. However, there is still a lot of disagreement on this topic. Thus, the present study intends to relate the impact of substance consumption habits (alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substances) with self-esteem and psychological well-being in university students in order to acquire a better understanding of this problem. The present study is characterised as being descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative and correlational. The sample consists of 460 university students aged between 18 and 66 years old. Of these participants, 299 are biologically female, 158 are biologically male, and 3 identify with another gender. The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Psychological Well-Being Manifestation Measure Scale and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The results showed the absence of statistically significant differences in terms of self-esteem and psychological well-being according to substance use. Furthermore, it appears that only the consumption of psychoactive substances other than alcohol or tobacco was significantly higher in male participants than in female participants.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; SUBSTANCE abuse; SMOKING; CONFERENCES &; conventions; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; ALCOHOL drinking in college; PSYCHIATRIC drugs; SELF-perception; WELL-being; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Motricidade, 2024, Vol 20, p15
- ISSN
1646-107X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6063/motricidade.31561