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Int J Addict. 1985 Nov-Dec;20(11-12):1649-62. doi: 10.3109/10826088509047253.
This study established empirically defined reasons for experiences with psychoactive drugs by adolescents. By means of cross-validating procedures involving a series of principal component analyses of data obtained from three separate sample groups, three common motives or reasons for trying/taking drugs were derived: a tension-reduction, or coping motive; a drug-effect motive; and a peer-related motive. The implications of the findings for further research and for treatment and prevention programs are reviewed.
本研究通过实证确定了青少年使用精神活性药物经历的原因。通过交叉验证程序，对从三个独立样本组获得的数据进行了一系列主成分分析，得出了尝试/服用药物的三个常见动机或原因：减轻紧张或应对动机；药物效果动机；以及同伴相关动机。本文还综述了这些研究结果对进一步研究以及治疗和预防项目的启示。
