title: Relationship between drug use and psychopathological variables of risk in university students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research has been studying the relationships between drug use and the risk of suffering psychopathological disorders. This study analyzed the relationships existing between this use and certain psychotic disorder risk variables: hallucination, schizotypy and cognitive fusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Several screening questionnaires on drug use (CAGE), a questionnaire on "cognitive fusion" (TAFS), another on hallucination proneness (LSHS-R) and another on schizotypy (O-LIFE-R) were given to a sample of 308 students at the University of Almeria with a mean age of 19.51 years (SD= 2.11).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results found show how cognitive fusion is positively related to use of cannabis and cocaine, the scores on the schizotypy scale correlated positively with use of alcohol and cannabis, and the scores on a hallucination proneness correlated positively to use of cannabis. Regression equations were found that predicted the use of these substances from the variables of vulnerability to suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show an association between drug use and the risk variables studied.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Almería.
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García Montes
authors.forename: Flor
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zaldívar Basurto
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreno Montoya
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flores Cubos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult