Abstract

RUEDA RAMIREZ, Sandra Milena; VELASQUEZ CORREA, Juan Carlos; ALVARAN LOPEZ, Sandra Milena  and  RAMIREZ VALENCIA, Maria Isabel. Prevalence of psychoactive substance use and its relationship with characteristics sociodemographic, family and personality in students in technology training. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2022, vol.39, n.1, 201.  Epub July 17, 2022. ISSN 0123-417X.

The objective of this study was to stablish the prevalence of psychoactive substances consumption among students and to associate this consumption with the socio-demographic, family structures, and personality traits. The study was set on a public technological institute of Medellin, Colombia during 2016. The next tests were applied once to the students: ASSIT, APGAR Family, NEO-FFI, ERI and a test of sociodemographic variables. The primary outcome in this study was the prevalence of consumption of psychoactive substances among students. In order to stablish the association between psychoactive substances and sociodemographic, family structures, and personality traits, a logistic regression model was fit. A total of 891 students participated in this study. The prevalence of psychoactive substances use among students was 51.6%. The logistic regression conducted on the data proved that males, among 18 to 24 years, with intrafamily deficit, and with low kindness were positively associated with greater PAS use (OR = 2.97, 2.72, 1.63, 9.32, respectively). Kindness aspects (e.g., confidence, frankness, counseling, sensitivity to others) and family relationships should be improved in order to prevent psychoactive substances use among students.

Keywords : Consumption; psychoactive substances; students; family relationships.

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