title: Association between bullying victimization and substance use among college students in Spain.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the prevalence and association between victimization and substance use among the university population in the southeast of Spain in a sample of 543 randomly selected college students (405 females and 138 males with an average age of 22.6 years). As a cross-sectional study, data was collected through an anonymous survey to assess victimization and drug use over the last 12 months. Results indicated that 62.2% of college students reported bullying victimization and 82.9% consumed some type of psychoactive substance, and found a statistically significant association between both variables measured. Additionally, logistic regression analysis confirmed the association between psychoactive substance use and different types of victimization. Our findings confirm the need for prevention to prevent this relation between victimization and substance use.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Sociosanitarias- Área de Medicina Legal y Forense, Universidad de Murcia. f.caravacasanchez@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caravaca Sánchez
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navarro Zaragoza
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luna Ruiz-Cabello
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falcón Romero
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luna Maldonado
mesh_terms: D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult