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Consumo de alcohol juvenil: una visión desde diferentes colectivos
José Antonio Giménez Costa, Mª Teresa Cortés Tomás y Begoña Espejo Tort
In this paper, we study various groups related to the “botellón” evaluating its approach to the reality of this phenomenon and identifying their needs for intervention. Has been interviewed 4083 young people (14-25 years), 212 parents and 63 policemen from Valencia about what they mean by “botellón”, the consequences associated with it, and the alternatives they think reduce this phenomenon....
Validación española del Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-20 y DAST-10)
Bartolomé Pérez Gálvez, Lorena García Fernández, Mª Pura de Vicente Manzanaro, Mª Angustias Oliveras Valenzuela y Manuel Lahoz Lafuente.
Objective: To evaluate psychometric properties of both brief DAST versions (DAST-10 and DAST-20) in Spanish adult population. Methods: 259 (121 drug users and 138 healthy controls) were explored. Both brief 10 and 20 items Spanish adapted DAST rating scales were administrated by skilled personnel. Psychometric properties of those questionnaires were analized using DSM-IV TR criteria as gold...
Prevención de salón en España durante la dictadura de Primo de Rivera. La Asociación Contra la Toxicomanía (1926-1931)
Juan Carlos Usó Arnal
At present we have the perception that the preventive policies on drugs issues are something relatively recent. Nevertheless, between 1926 and 1931, Barcelona had the Asociación contra la Toxicomanía (Association against Drug Addiction) which was a pioneer in claiming the prevention from the private area background though narrowly linked to the public power. Although many professionals today...
Construcción de un modelo de riesgo en el consumo de alcohol y otras sustancias ilícitas en adolescentes estudiantes de Bachillerato
Marisol Pérez Ramos y Emilia Lucio-Gómez Maqueo
Several risk factors, which increment the probability of using alcohol and other illegal substances, like family dysfunction have been considered. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with alcohol and other substances abuse in a sample of 1997 students from senior high school from Mexico City. The mean age of the adolescents was 16.7 (s.d.1.7). 52.7% were females and 47....
Depressive symptomatology in smokers with personality disorders who participated in a psychological treatment programe for smoking cessation
Elena Fernández del Río, Ana López y Elisardo Becoña
The present study analyzes the presence of depressive symptomatology in a sample of 202 smokers with and without personality disorders who participate in a psychological treatment programme for giving up smoking. The results indicate that the group of smokers with personality disorders presented more depressive symptoms than the group of smokers without personality disorders, both at the start...
Patrones de uso y búsqueda de información sobre adicciones en Internet
Mª del Carmen Segura Díez, José A. García del Castillo y Carmen López-Sánchez
This paper shows the results of a pilot study on the analysis of web pages in Spain containing information about addictions. We also analyze in which ways internet users utilize such pages through the test INDEXA. We have analyzed, so far, 203 Spanish web resources on addictions and surveyed 294 university students about their usage of the Internet for informational purposes on addictions....