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The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is the period of stress and strain. Researchers have shown that adolescents without strong social supports would have tendency towards smoking and drug abuse. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between low self-esteem and illegal drug abuse. MATERIALS A...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719686 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.7682 |
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author | Khajehdaluee, Mohammad Zavar, Abbas Alidoust, Mahbobeh Pourandi, Razieh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Adolescence is the period of stress and strain. Researchers have shown that adolescents without strong social supports would have tendency towards smoking and drug abuse. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between low self-esteem and illegal drug abuse. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were 943 grades nine to 12 high school students, from Sarakhs during 2010 - 2011. Adolescents participated in the study, completed two self-report questionnaires. The first questionnaire included questions about individual and family information, smoking and illegal drug abuse history, and the second was the Rosenberg's self-esteem scale. RESULTS: 53.8% of participants were male (507 individuals). The mean Rosenberg self-esteem score was 19.8 + 5.2, and the most frequent obtained scores were from 22 to 30. The difference of Rosenberg self-esteem score test between students who did not use any substance and those who had a history of smoking or drug abuse like heroin, pills, alcohols, betel nut (Nas) and other drugs (such as Pan and Hookah) was significant (P < 0.001). But this difference was not significant for marijuana (hashish) and opium. The difference of mean self-esteem scores between adolescents who lived with both or one of the parents, and those who did not live with any of parents, was significant (P = 0.04). There was also a significant association between the number of children in the family and self-esteem score. CONCLUSIONS: The current study showed significant association between the Rosenberg self-esteem test results and smoking, and illegal drug abuse like heroin, pills, alcohol, Nas, and other substances. Therefore, increasing self-esteem is essential for preventing the adolescents’ emotional and behavioral disorders. This fact could guide us to the new approaches for smoking and drug-abuse prevention in adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-39717782014-04-09 The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students Khajehdaluee, Mohammad Zavar, Abbas Alidoust, Mahbobeh Pourandi, Razieh Iran Red Crescent Med J Research Article BACKGROUND: Adolescence is the period of stress and strain. Researchers have shown that adolescents without strong social supports would have tendency towards smoking and drug abuse. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between low self-esteem and illegal drug abuse. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants were 943 grades nine to 12 high school students, from Sarakhs during 2010 - 2011. Adolescents participated in the study, completed two self-report questionnaires. The first questionnaire included questions about individual and family information, smoking and illegal drug abuse history, and the second was the Rosenberg's self-esteem scale. RESULTS: 53.8% of participants were male (507 individuals). The mean Rosenberg self-esteem score was 19.8 + 5.2, and the most frequent obtained scores were from 22 to 30. The difference of Rosenberg self-esteem score test between students who did not use any substance and those who had a history of smoking or drug abuse like heroin, pills, alcohols, betel nut (Nas) and other drugs (such as Pan and Hookah) was significant (P < 0.001). But this difference was not significant for marijuana (hashish) and opium. The difference of mean self-esteem scores between adolescents who lived with both or one of the parents, and those who did not live with any of parents, was significant (P = 0.04). There was also a significant association between the number of children in the family and self-esteem score. CONCLUSIONS: The current study showed significant association between the Rosenberg self-esteem test results and smoking, and illegal drug abuse like heroin, pills, alcohol, Nas, and other substances. Therefore, increasing self-esteem is essential for preventing the adolescents’ emotional and behavioral disorders. This fact could guide us to the new approaches for smoking and drug-abuse prevention in adolescents. Kowsar 2013-11-05 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3971778/ /pubmed/24719686 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.7682 Text en Copyright © 2013, Kowsar Corp.; Published by Kowsar Corp. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Khajehdaluee, Mohammad Zavar, Abbas Alidoust, Mahbobeh Pourandi, Razieh The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students |
title | The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students |
title_full | The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students |
title_fullStr | The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students |
title_short | The Relation of Self-Esteem and Illegal Drug Usage in High School Students |
title_sort | relation of self-esteem and illegal drug usage in high school students |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719686 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.7682 |
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