Ali Unlu, Parna Prajapati, Mariam Rahmani, Andres Pumariega
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Abstract
To explore the associations between the type and the
amount of substances used with depression and anxiety symptoms by high school
students.
The study data was collected by the Istanbul Department of Education
on 31,604 high school students which was a survey of 66 questions administered
in the school setting. The primary questions and sub-questions on anxiety and
depression scores were added to generate a scaled score. Specific substances used
by the participants were used to explore the relationship between substance use
and depression and anxiety scores by using multinomial logistic regression
models. Two regression models were analyzed, one for each dependent variable,
keeping the significance level at 0.05. Odds ratios were calculated to explore the
association between depression and anxiety scores and specific substance use
among the youth.
The participants with low levels of anxiety were at an increased odds of
using heavy amounts of sleep pills (OR=1.6) and alcohol (OR=1.3) as compared
to those without anxiety. In addition to sleep pills and alcohol, illicit substances
such as LSD and inhalant use were also seen in the participants with higher levels
of anxiety. The participants with low levels of depression were found to be at an
increased odds of using sleep pills (OR=1.8) and alcohol (OR=1.3). In addition to
this pattern of substance use, participants with higher levels of depression were
also found to be heavy cocaine users, low inhalant users, heavy steroid users, and
low alcohol users. A decrease in the use of homemade brews was seen in the
participants with low and high levels of depression as compared to those who
didn’t have any depressive symptoms.
A unique pattern of drug and alcohol use was found in the
participants experiencing varying levels of anxiety and depression.