ArticleGlobal journal of health science2015
Cognitive factors related to drug abuse among a sample of Iranian male medical college students.
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- Prevalence of Ritalin Abuse and its Relationship with Demographic Characteristics Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Addiction & health · 2026Article
- Estimating the prevalence of high-risk behaviors using network scale-up method in medical university students.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundsDrug abuse is one of the most serious social problems in many countries. College students, particularly at their first year of education, are considered as one of the at risk groups for drug abuse. The present study aimed to determine cognitive factors related to drug abuse among a sample of Iranian male medical college students based on the social cognitive theory (SCT).
methodThis cross-sectional study was carried out on 425 Iranian male medical college students who were randomly selected to participate voluntarily in the study. The participants filled out a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed by the SPSS software (ver. 21.0) using bivariate correlations, logistic and linear regression at 95% significant level.
resultsAttitude, outcome expectation, outcome expectancies, subjective norms, and self-control were cognitive factors that accounted for 49% of the variation in the outcome measure of the intention to abuse drugs. Logistic regression showed that attitude (OR=1.062), outcome expectancies (OR=1.115), and subjective norms (OR=1.269) were the most influential predictors for drug abuse.
conclusionsThe findings suggest that designing and implementation of educational programs may be useful to increase negative attitude, outcome expectancies, and subjective norms towards drug abuse for college students in order to prevent drug abuse.
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