Combining cultural, social and personality trait variables as predictors for drug use among adolescents in Zimbabwe.
A classroom survey among 3061 secondary school students in four provinces in Zimbabwe was conducted in 1994. This paper presents analyses of the relationship between a set of predictors including personality trait, social and cultural variables and drug use. A two-stage sampling strategy distinguished between four different socio-cultural groups. Multiple regression was applied to analyse the impact of sensation-seeking, addictive behaviour of significant others, and Global and Local cultural orientation on drug use, controlling for age, gender and socio-cultural subgroup. The model explained 29.7% of the variance in the dependent drug use variable and the two cultural orientation variables were found to contribute significantly in addition to the personality trait and the social variables.
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National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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Khan
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Loeb
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010551:Personality; D011336:Probability; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology