ERIC Number: EJ1173968
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-828X
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Substance Use, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms among College Students
Walters, Kenneth S.; Bulmer, Sandra Minor; Troiano, Peter F.; Obiaka, Uzoma; Bonhomme, Rebecca
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, v27 n2 p103-111 2018
Research on college substance use and mental illness is limited and inconsistent. Measures of substance use, and anxiety and depressive symptoms, were completed by 1,316 undergraduates within a major drug transportation corridor. Hierarchical linear regressions were used to test associations between anxious and depressive symptoms and substance use (i.e., alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, cocaine, other amphetamines, sedatives, hallucinogens, and designer drugs). Depressive symptoms were associated with use of cannabis, tobacco, amphetamines, cocaine, sedatives, and hallucinogens. Anxiety symptoms were unrelated to substance use. These findings support the need for education and prevention at universities, emphasizing tobacco, cannabis, and certain "harder" drugs.
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Regression (Statistics), Correlation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Student Surveys, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Psychopathology, Student Characteristics, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS); Department of Education (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Core Alcohol and Drug Survey; Personality Assessment Inventory
Grant or Contract Numbers: Q184Z100001