Institute of Psychology, Department of Personality and Health Psychology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary.
Psychiatr Danub. 2021 Spring-Summer;33(Suppl 4):656-665.
An ongoing issue in the study of adolescent drug use is the impact of family and the peer group on the problem of adolescent substance use. The present study has examined relative effects of these contexts as well as personality variables on drug use outcomes.
A test battery measuring various psychological variables was administered to a representative sample of 1652 secondary school students (grades 9 and 11), 876 male (mean age=17,61, SD=0.99) and 789 female (mean age=16.73, SD=1.31). Data about relationship to parents and association with deviant peers were collected, personality dimensions such as Neuroticism and Sensation Seeking were measured. Regressional and discriminant analyses were conducted, then a decision tree model was created.
Sensation seeking arose as the most significant predictor of substance use. Fatheradolescent relationship had the highest predictive value primarily in male sensation seekers. Peer effects were stronger in comparison to parental influences. In adolescent boys, contact with deviant friends and sensation seeking constituted two independent pathways to drug use.
Our study highlights the necessity to give consideration to sensationseeking in prevention initiatives during adolescence, as well as the need for education of parents about parenting techniques recommended during adolescence.
青少年吸毒问题研究中一个持续存在的问题是家庭和同伴群体对青少年药物使用问题的影响。本研究检验了这些背景以及人格变量对药物使用结果的相对影响。
对一个具有代表性的 1652 名中学生（9 年级和 11 年级）样本（876 名男性，平均年龄=17.61，SD=0.99；789 名女性，平均年龄=16.73，SD=1.31）进行了一系列测量各种心理变量的测试。收集了与父母的关系和与偏差同伴的联系数据，测量了神经质和感觉寻求等人格维度。进行了回归和判别分析，然后创建了决策树模型。
感觉寻求是物质使用的最重要预测因素。父亲与青少年的关系在男性感觉寻求者中具有最高的预测价值。与父母的影响相比，同伴的影响更大。在青少年男孩中，与不良朋友的接触和感觉寻求是药物使用的两个独立途径。
我们的研究强调了在青少年时期的预防计划中考虑感觉寻求的必要性，以及教育父母有关青少年时期推荐的育儿技巧的必要性。
