Carlini-Cotrim B, de Carvalho V A
Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
J Drug Educ. 1993;23(1):97-104. doi: 10.2190/MTPL-90AP-UKRV-3NGP.
This work describes data obtained among 16,117 high-school students in fifteen Brazilian cities, involving participation in a number of extracurricular activities and consumption of drugs and alcohol. In the great majority of cases, no association was found between attendance of artistic-, community-, or sports-related activities and the use of these substances. On the other hand, a weak but constant negative association was found involving alcohol/drug consumption and attendance of religious activities. The authors discuss these findings in the light of some current preconceptions prevailing in Brazilian society: namely, that such activities constitute effective strategies for drug use prevention and the "idle" young persons tend to be potential drug users. They also discuss the implications that among students involved in religious activities drug and alcohol consumption was shown to become slightly lower.
这项研究描述了在巴西15个城市的16117名高中生中所获得的数据，这些数据涉及他们参与的一系列课外活动以及毒品和酒精的消费情况。在绝大多数情况下，未发现参与艺术、社区或体育相关活动与这些物质的使用之间存在关联。另一方面，发现酒精/毒品消费与参加宗教活动之间存在微弱但持续的负相关。作者根据巴西社会当前流行的一些先入之见来讨论这些发现：即这些活动构成了预防毒品使用的有效策略，而且“闲散”的年轻人往往是潜在的吸毒者。他们还讨论了参与宗教活动的学生中毒品和酒精消费略有下降这一现象的影响。
