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It is widely believed that low self-esteem (SE) is associated with greater substance use, although previous research has been unable to support such a relationship consistently. The present study used the "social deviance model" to investigate whether SE was differentially related to substance use for respondents in varying cultural norms. Responses to intensity of tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, and drug use, SE, and cultural norm items from over 2,000 high school and college students failed to support this model.
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Cultura , Autoimagem , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Adolescente , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/psicologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Fumar Maconha/psicologia , Modelos Teóricos , Religião , Fumar/psicologiaRESUMO
The present study examines the role of self-esteem (SE) in the prediction of drug and alcohol use. Consistent with research on the theory of reasoned action, we suggest that alcohol and drug attitudes and subjective norms are more useful in the prediction of self-reported drug and alcohol consumption than SE. In the present study, measures of SE, drug attitudes, subjective norms, and drug use behaviors were collected from 2,074 high school and college students. Results indicate that drug attitudes and subjective norms do predict drug and alcohol use, but that SE does not add significantly to the prediction of the drug and alcohol behaviors.
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/psicologia , Controle Interno-Externo , Teoria Psicológica , Autoimagem , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Adolescente , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/etnologia , Atitude , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Prevalência , Análise de Regressão , Religião , Fatores de Risco , Conformidade Social , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/etnologiaRESUMO
The present study examined correlates of the perceived quality of four educational conferences. Specifically, the study examined the relationships of ratings of subjective overall conference quality with environmental and logistical aspects of the conferences. The results showed that ratings of room quality as well as ratings of meeting structure were significantly related to ratings of overall conference quality. Follow-up coverall conference ratings, measured up to one year after the conferences, were predicted by initial ratings of food quality.
