a Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit , Institute of Psychology, Leiden University , Leiden , The Netherlands.
b Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology , Tilburg School for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University , Tilburg , The Netherland.
Subst Use Misuse. 2018 Oct 15;53(12):2077-2088. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2018.1455700. Epub 2018 Apr 18.
Recent developments in drug use patterns call for an investigation of current party-drug use and associated problems among college students, who appear to be an important target population for harm reduction interventions.
In addition to reporting on party-drug use prevalence, we investigated whether initial use and continuation of party-drug use among students was associated with demographic, personality and psychosocial factors.
An online questionnaire was administered to 446 students from a Dutch university, inquiring about party-drug use, demographic characteristics, social norms and personality (big five, impulsiveness, aggression). Univariate and multivariate bootstrapped linear regression analyses were used.
Of all students, 22.9% indicated having used party-drugs at least once, with a notable sex difference (39.2% of men vs. 16.2% of women). In contrast to the reported trends in Dutch nightlife, GHB was used rarely (lifetime 1.6%) and new psychoactive substances (NPS; 6.7%) appeared almost equally popular as amphetamines (7.6%) and cocaine (7%). Mild health/psychosocial problems (e.g., doing embarrassing things, feeling unwell) were common (65%), whereas serious problems (e.g., being hospitalized) were rare. Neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness and impulsiveness were associated with lifetime but not regular party-drug use. Of all predictors, lifetime and regular party-drug use were most strongly related to lenient injunctive and descriptive norms in friends, and a low motivation to comply with parents.
Our findings indicate that harm reduction/preventive interventions might profit from focusing on social norms, and targeting students who are highly involved in a pro-party-drug environment while experiencing less parental influence.
最近药物使用模式的发展要求调查大学生当前的派对药物使用情况和相关问题，他们似乎是减少伤害干预的一个重要目标人群。
除了报告派对药物使用的流行率外，我们还调查了学生中初始使用和继续使用派对药物是否与人口统计学、个性和心理社会因素有关。
一项在线问卷调查了来自荷兰一所大学的 446 名学生，询问他们的派对药物使用情况、人口统计学特征、社会规范和个性（五大因素、冲动、攻击性）。使用单变量和多变量引导线性回归分析。
所有学生中，有 22.9%的人表示至少使用过一次派对药物，存在显著的性别差异（39.2%的男性和 16.2%的女性）。与荷兰夜生活中的报告趋势相反，GHB 的使用频率较低（终身 1.6%），新精神活性物质（NPS；6.7%）与安非他命（7.6%）和可卡因（7%）一样受欢迎。轻度健康/心理社会问题（如做尴尬的事情，感觉不适）很常见（65%），而严重问题（如住院）则很少见。神经质、外向、尽责和冲动与终身而非定期使用派对药物有关。在所有预测因素中，终身和定期使用派对药物与朋友中宽容的命令性和描述性规范以及与父母遵守意愿较低最密切相关。
我们的研究结果表明，减少伤害/预防干预可能会受益于关注社会规范，并针对那些在派对药物环境中高度参与但受到父母影响较小的学生。
