Impulsivity and family conflict as predictors of illegal psychoactive substance use in adolescents

The Effectiveness of Behavioral Family Therapy on Substance Use Craving in Substance Abuse Quitting Adolescents

 Objective: The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral family therapy on substance use craving in substance use quitting adolescents. Method: The present study was a single-case experimental study of the multiple baseline type. Using the purposeful sampling method, five adolescents and their families were selected in the city of Ahvaz. Behavioral family‌ therapy was imp...

Sudanese Medical Students’ Perceptions of Psychoactive Substance Use

Peer and sibling substance use: predictors of substance use among adolescents in Mexico.

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which peer drug use and sibling drug use predict alcohol abuse/dependence disorder status and the use of drugs other than alcohol among school-based youth in Mexico. METHODS Data were collected on 1 203 middle and high school students in northern Mexico in May 1998. Participation was voluntary, and responses were confidential. Logistic regression analyses es...

Impulsivity in bipolar and substance use disorders.

BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder (BD) is commonly associated with increased impulsivity, particularly during manic and depressed episodes; also impulsivity remains elevated during euthymic phases. Impulsivity is also a factor in the initiation and maintenance of substance use disorders (SUD). Impulsivity can predispose to substance abuse or can result from it. Impulsivity appears to be relatively in...

The Causal Relationship between Parent-Child Conflict, Anxiety, Loneliness and Personal Control as Predictors of Tendency to Drug Use in Adolescents

Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between parent-child conflict, anxiety, loneliness and personal control as predictors of tendency to drug use in adolescents. Method: The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of all addicted female adolescents in Abadan who were selected by voluntary sampling metho...