Regresar

Peer group, family relationships, spirituality and entertainment influences on drug consumption of students at one university in Manabi, Ecuador

Abstract:

We examined the effect of family relationships, spirituality and entertainment on the relationship between resistance to peer influence and drug use among students of one university in Manabi in Ecuador, using a cross-sectional, descriptive-quantitative (m=250) design. The Questionnaire Socio-cultural Factors and Drug CICAD-CAMH 2011-2012 was applied. The 55.2% of the population reported having consumed legal drugs (8.4% for illegal drugs) in the last twelve months and 58.8% (9.6% for illegal drugs) in the past three months. The most widely used drugs in the past 12 months were alcohol and snuff, with 52.8% and 24.4% respectively. The level of sampling error was set at 0.01%. We found that there is a significant relationship between the influence of peers and drug use. Family relationships and spirituality (gender differences) are protective factors.