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Factors in the Transition from Legal to Illicit Drug Use in Young Adults from Northern Mexico

OBJECTIVE. This research sought to analyze the predictive effect of personal (personality traits), social (social support and social stigma) and community factors (characteristic of the neighborhood and exposure to consumption) on the transition of drug use in young adults. METHODS. Case and control...

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Autores principales: Ozuna Esprinosa, Mayra Selene, Candia Arredondo, Josefina Saraí, Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena, López García, Karla Selene, Guzmán Facundo, Francisco Rafael
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Imprenta Universidad de Antioquia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31830409
http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v37n3e11
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author Ozuna Esprinosa, Mayra Selene
Candia Arredondo, Josefina Saraí
Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena
López García, Karla Selene
Guzmán Facundo, Francisco Rafael
author_facet Ozuna Esprinosa, Mayra Selene
Candia Arredondo, Josefina Saraí
Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena
López García, Karla Selene
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description OBJECTIVE. This research sought to analyze the predictive effect of personal (personality traits), social (social support and social stigma) and community factors (characteristic of the neighborhood and exposure to consumption) on the transition of drug use in young adults. METHODS. Case and control study. The cases were 70 individuals from 18 to 34 years of age who had already transitioned into illicit drug use and the controls were 210 legal drug usuers (tobacco or alcohol) in the same age range who had not had the transition. A data file was applied along with seven instruments that measured the transition and consumption variables. RESULTS. Marihuana was the illicit drug of highest transition. It was shown that greater personality traits of neuroticism, extraversion, and openness to the experience meant higher probability of drug use transition; while greater personality traits of agreeableness and conscience meant lower probability for the transition. The characteristics of the neighborhood environment and exposure to the opportunity of consumption increase the probability of the drug use transition. Social support and social stigma influenced negatively upon the drug use transition. CONCLUSION. Personality traits, neighborhood characteristics, exposure to drug use, social support, and the social stigma of drug use are factors that intervene in the transition from legal to illicit drug use.
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spelling pubmed-78714992021-02-17 Factors in the Transition from Legal to Illicit Drug Use in Young Adults from Northern Mexico Ozuna Esprinosa, Mayra Selene Candia Arredondo, Josefina Saraí Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena López García, Karla Selene Guzmán Facundo, Francisco Rafael Invest Educ Enferm Original Article OBJECTIVE. This research sought to analyze the predictive effect of personal (personality traits), social (social support and social stigma) and community factors (characteristic of the neighborhood and exposure to consumption) on the transition of drug use in young adults. METHODS. Case and control study. The cases were 70 individuals from 18 to 34 years of age who had already transitioned into illicit drug use and the controls were 210 legal drug usuers (tobacco or alcohol) in the same age range who had not had the transition. A data file was applied along with seven instruments that measured the transition and consumption variables. RESULTS. Marihuana was the illicit drug of highest transition. It was shown that greater personality traits of neuroticism, extraversion, and openness to the experience meant higher probability of drug use transition; while greater personality traits of agreeableness and conscience meant lower probability for the transition. The characteristics of the neighborhood environment and exposure to the opportunity of consumption increase the probability of the drug use transition. Social support and social stigma influenced negatively upon the drug use transition. CONCLUSION. Personality traits, neighborhood characteristics, exposure to drug use, social support, and the social stigma of drug use are factors that intervene in the transition from legal to illicit drug use. Imprenta Universidad de Antioquia 2019-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7871499/ /pubmed/31830409 http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v37n3e11 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Ozuna Esprinosa, Mayra Selene
Candia Arredondo, Josefina Saraí
Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena
López García, Karla Selene
Guzmán Facundo, Francisco Rafael
Factors in the Transition from Legal to Illicit Drug Use in Young Adults from Northern Mexico
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title_fullStr Factors in the Transition from Legal to Illicit Drug Use in Young Adults from Northern Mexico
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title_short Factors in the Transition from Legal to Illicit Drug Use in Young Adults from Northern Mexico
title_sort factors in the transition from legal to illicit drug use in young adults from northern mexico
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31830409
http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v37n3e11
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