Alba González-Roz, Clara Iza-Fernández, Layla Alemán-Moussa, Roberto Secades-Villa
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Abstract
Objective: Driving under the influence (DUI) of substances is the first cause of death among young populations. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of research looking at DUI risk factors in adolescents. This study aimed to estimate the past-year prevalence and correlates of DUI of alcohol (DUI-A), cannabis (DUI-C), and both (DUI-A+C) in adolescents who reported past-year alcohol and cannabis use.
Method: The study sample comprised 3,175 [(47.9 % females; Mage (SD) = 16.76 (.70)] Spanish adolescents from a national representative survey (ESTUDES) conducted by the Spanish Ministry of Health. Hierarchical regression models were conducted to identify correlates of DUI-A only, DUI-C only, and both behaviors, including sociodemographic, substance use and parental control variables.
Results: Past-year prevalence of DUI was 9.9 % among past-year alcohol and cannabis users. Past-year DUI of substances was more likely among males (15.4 %) relative to females (6 %) [χ2 = 73.39, p = <.001, Φ = .152]. Being male, reporting higher past-month days of cannabis use and cannabis-related problems were common risk factors for DUI-C and DUI-A+C. Risk factors of DUI-A were greater money availability for going out, higher past-month frequency of heavy drinking episodes and lower past-month cannabis use days. Specific correlates of DUI-A+C were being 18, past-year simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use, and earlier age of alcohol use initiation.
Conclusions: There is a need to address DUI in substance use prevention in school settings. Screening should be particularly focused on adolescent substance users, while interventions should target attitudes and risk of substance use and driving.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs began in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. It was founded by Howard W. Haggard, M.D., director of Yale University’s Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Dr. Haggard was a physiologist studying the effects of alcohol on the body, and he started the Journal as a way to publish the increasing amount of research on alcohol use, abuse, and treatment that emerged from Yale and other institutions in the years following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In addition to original research, the Journal also published abstracts summarizing other published documents dealing with alcohol. At Yale, Dr. Haggard built a large team of alcohol researchers within the Laboratory of Applied Physiology—including E.M. Jellinek, who became managing editor of the Journal in 1941. In 1943, to bring together the various alcohol research projects conducted by the Laboratory, Dr. Haggard formed the Section of Studies on Alcohol, which also became home to the Journal and its editorial staff. In 1950, the Section was renamed the Center of Alcohol Studies.
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