title: Activity levels and drug use in a sample of Spanish adolescents.
abstract: The importance of adolescents taking part in various activities as a protective factor in substance consumption has been demonstrated over time. The objective of this paper is to analyze a sample of 1378 adolescents and the explanatory capacity of participating in different activities in relation to present-day alcohol, cannabis and tobacco consumption. Count variables were used as response variables, thus the Poisson Regression Model was applied in the analysis, within the context of a Generalized Linear Model. The results of the research demonstrate the explanatory value and differences in explanatory roles of each activity in connection with each the substances studied.
authors.affiliation: Methodology of Behavior and Social Sciences Area, Department of Psychology, Balearic Islands University, Department of Psychology, Ctra. Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. noelia.llorens@uib.es
authors.forename: Noelia L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Aleixandre
authors.forename: Miguel J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Perello del Río
authors.forename: Alfonso L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Palmer Pol
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011998:Recreation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*