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Psicología desde el Caribe
Print version ISSN 0123-417XOn-line version ISSN 2011-7485
Abstract
ERAZO SANTANDER, OSCAR A.. Drugs in adolescence. Cognitive and neuropsychological description model. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.2, pp.148-166. Epub Dec 13, 2021. ISSN 0123-417X. https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.38.2.158.
Drug addiction is a pandemic that affects 324 million people worldwide, requiring the need to understand the cognitive factors of intentionality and executive functioning neuropsychological that make up the decision to use a drug. To define the existence and possible relationship between variables, a study was carried out with quantitative design in a sample of 80 students between 11 and 15 years. Intentionality was measured with the Drug Intent Scale (EMIUD), decision-making with Iowa Letters, planning with Hanoi Mazes and Towers, and inhibition with Stroop Mazes and Test. The analysis was descriptive, for non-parametric samples, identifying that 14% of students intend to consume, with positive correlation in attitudes, subjective norm and behavioral and negative control with planning, inhibition and decision-making. Students intending to consume, present positive representations about drugs and peers that tolerate it in addition to impulsive inhibitory control, short-term planning and risk decision making.
Keywords : intentionality; executive functions; drug use.