Relación entre conducta prosocial, resolución de problemas y consumo de drogas en adolescentes = Relationship of the prosocial behaviour, the problem-solving skills and the use of drugs amongst adolescents
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The objectives of the present study are the following ones: 1) to
study the use of drugs, the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving
skills with respect to age and gender, and 2) to analyze the association of
both the prosocial behaviour and the problem-solving skills with the use
of drugs. An descriptive cross-sectional study was performed, amongst a
sample of 567 students in Spanish Compulsory Secondary Education
(48.14% males) with an age range from 14 to 17 years (M = 14.92; SD =
.90). Statistically significant differences were found concerning alcohol use
and the prosocial behaviour with respect to gender, as well as concerning
alcohol and cannabis use with respect to age. When we controlled the effect
of age and sex in the regression models, the variable that best predicted
alcohol and cannabis use was prosocial behavior. The results from this
study enhance the importance of tailored interventions based on the promotion
of prosocial behaviours as fundamental protective factor for substances
use such as alcohol and cannabis amongst adolescents