This study examined the abuse of substances among senior high school students in Cape Coast and Kumasi in Ghana. A sample of 244 students (40.5% males, 59.5% females; mean age =18.4 years) completed the Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Involvement Scale. A series of one-way analysis of variance...
This study examined the abuse of substances among senior high school students in Cape Coast and Kumasi in Ghana. A sample of 244 students (40.5% males, 59.5% females; mean age =18.4 years) completed the Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Involvement Scale. A series of one-way analysis of variance...
Using a cross-sectional nonexperimental design and a convenience sample of 240 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 19 years, this study investigated the prevalence of substance use among adolescents experiencing parental divorce in Ghana. The relative influence of factors such as adolescents' sex,...
Executive Cognitive Functioning Predicts Reactive Aggression in Boys at High Risk for Substance Abuse: A Prospective Study This study assessed the ability of executive cognitive functioning (ECF) to predict reactive aggression in boys at high and low risk for substance abuse us... PR Giancola,HB Mo...
"too much sex and alcohol": beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of male adolescents and young men who have sex with men in Ghana. Open AIDS J. 2018;12:69–80. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar McKirnan DJ, Vanable PA, Ostrow DG, Hope B. Expectancies of sexual “escape” ...
An in-school cross-sectional representative survey was conducted among 12-18-year- old youth in Ghana in 2008 (N=1195, response rate =90%). Logistic regression analyses were employed to investigate the association between substance use (tobacco use, drunkenness, marijuana use and other drug uses...
in Ghana. There is also sparse literature on age and gender differences regarding substance use among homeless children and youth in Ghana. Previous studies conducted among homeless children and young adults in Ghana, have focused primarily on economic, social and cultural causes of homelessness, ...
It is crucial to note that this doesn’t imply a direct correlation; rather, evidence suggests that low levels of religiosity are associated with adolescent substance use and abuse [55,56,57]. This indicates that children with strong religious affiliations, be it Catholic or Muslim, are more ...
The phenomenon of drug/substance abuse has been a public and social issue for some time in contemporary society. The abuse of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana, for instance, is particularly a youth problem and culture; most of the users, victims are young people. It constitutes a serious threat...
Evaluating psychological flexibility is key in determining the mechanism of action of an ACT intervention. This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire – Substance Abuse (AAQ-SA), a measure of psychological flexibility, among...