Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
Center for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2020 Aug;66(5):469-475. doi: 10.1177/0020764020916745. Epub 2020 May 4.
Substance use among college students is increasing, yet research regarding their viewpoints on how they can be helped is sparse in India.
The purpose of this study was to explore in depth the perspectives of college students as to how college youth can be helped to quit the use of psychoactive substances.
Data from focus group interviews with 38 adolescent college students were analyzed qualitatively to identify their viewpoints on how today's college youth can be helped to quit substance use. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, themes and subthemes were identified.
Three major themes (with subthemes) were identified: (1) Patterns of use (commonly used substances, methods of using), (2) Perceived reasons for use (to reduce negative emotions, academic pressure, peer influence, more freedom, rebellious attitudes, media influence, modeling effect, childhood trauma, distrust from family/friends, lack of knowledge regarding the adverse impact of substances, poor life skills, cultural gender-based discrimination) and (3) Interventions needed to help college youth to quit substance use (need for interventions, basic principles to follow when developing interventions, content to be included, methods to be employed for delivering the intervention).
The information from this study can guide the development of a comprehensive intervention that is relevant and tailor-made to the specific needs of the college student population.
大学生的物质滥用问题日益严重，然而，关于他们如何获得帮助的观点的研究在印度却很少。
本研究旨在深入探讨大学生对如何帮助大学生戒除精神活性物质的看法。
对 38 名青少年大学生的焦点小组访谈进行了定性分析，以确定他们对如何帮助当今大学生戒除物质使用的观点。访谈逐字记录，确定主题和子主题。
确定了三个主要主题（带副标题）：（1）使用模式（常用物质、使用方法），（2）使用的感知原因（减轻负面情绪、学业压力、同伴影响、更多自由、叛逆态度、媒体影响、模仿效应、童年创伤、与家人/朋友缺乏信任、缺乏关于物质不良影响的知识、生活技能差、基于文化的性别歧视）和（3）帮助大学生戒除物质使用所需的干预措施（干预措施的必要性、制定干预措施时应遵循的基本原则、应包括的内容、实施干预措施时应采用的方法）。
本研究的信息可以指导制定全面的干预措施，该措施与大学生群体的特定需求相关且量身定制。
