Open AccessPsychosocial Attributes of Substance Abuse Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Comparative Study of Users and Non-users
Author(s) -
Poonam Gopiram,
M. Thomas Kishore
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.127252
Subject(s) - psychosocial , curiosity , abstinence , substance abuse , psychology , population , socialization , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , environmental health , social psychology
Substance abuse is one of the major health challenges across the globe. Adolescents are among the most affected. This study aims to examine the reasons for initiation, maintenance of harmful use of substances and abstinence among adolescents and young adults by comparing the users and non-users.