Eide A H, Acuda S W, Khan N, Aaroe L E, Loeb M E
National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
J Adolesc. 1997 Oct;20(5):511-24. doi: 10.1006/jado.1997.0106.
A classroom survey among 3061 secondary school students in four provinces in Zimbabwe was conducted in 1994. This paper presents analyses of the relationship between a set of predictors including personality trait, social and cultural variables and drug use. A two-stage sampling strategy distinguished between four different socio-cultural groups. Multiple regression was applied to analyse the impact of sensation-seeking, addictive behaviour of significant others, and Global and Local cultural orientation on drug use, controlling for age, gender and socio-cultural subgroup. The model explained 29.7% of the variance in the dependent drug use variable and the two cultural orientation variables were found to contribute significantly in addition to the personality trait and the social variables.
