Open AccessPrediction of Risk for Boys' Involvement in Drug Use Based on Levels of Self-evaluations in Russia
Author(s) -
Svetla Islamova,
R. Sh. Islamov
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.4103/0253-7176.207322
Subject(s) - logistic regression , predictive power , drug , psychology , test (biology) , happiness , regression analysis , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , statistics , psychiatry , mathematics , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
Adolescents often experiment with drug use, which can impact on their health and well-being and increase the probability of problem drug use. Yet, not enough is known about which psychological indicators is related with the initiation of drug use among young adults and have predictive power.