DRUG INVOLVEMENT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AT SUICIDE RISK IN CAPE TOWN

• Authors: Peltzer K.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to investigate drug involvement (conceptualized as drug use frequency, drug access, drug use control, and adverse use consequences) in a sample of 1157 secondary school students at low and at high risk of suicide who completed a self-administered questionnaire in three schools in Cape Town, South Africa. Drug use frequency, access, control and consequences were compared among 366 students who scored at high risk of suicide on the Suicide Risk Screen (SRS) and 791 who score in the low risk range. Students at high rather than low risk of suicide endorsed a much greater breadth and depth of drug use, less drug use control, and greater adverse consequences due to drug use. Findings have implications for the prevention programs, especially for the students at risk of suicide.

Keywords

EN

CAPE TOWN; DRUG INVOLVEMENT; SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE RISK

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 323-334
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Peltzer K.

• K. Peltzer, Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, P/Bag X41, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA05199864