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T1 Substance abuse and health self-perception in Spanish children and adolescents
T2 Abuso de sustancias y percepción de la salud en niños y adolescentes españoles
A1 Molinero González, Olga
A1 Salguero del Valle, Alfonso
A1 Castro Piñero, J.
A1 Mora, J.
A1 Márquez Rosa, Sara
A2 Educacion Fisica y Deportiva
K1 Educación Física
K1 Alcohol
K1 Tobacco
K1 Drugs
K1 Health self-perception
K1 Children and adolescents
K1 6113.03 Abuso de Drogas
AB [EN] Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze subs-tance abuse and health self-perception in children andadolescents from the province of Cádiz (Spain).Methodology: Participants were 738 students, 50.9boys and 49.1% girls, from elementary school to highschool (1 st to 12 th grade, mean age 12.2. years), who res-ponded a Spanish adaptation of the Health Behavior inSchool-aged Children Inventory.Results: No difference was observed in percentage ofboys and girls reporting to smoke or drink alcohol. Smo-king and drinking habits increased with age, being higherin 11 th and 12 th grade students. Significant differenceswere observed among the percentage of smokers and nonsmokers recognizing to have parents, older brothers orfriends who smoke. Rates of drug abuse were generallylow, being cannabis the most frequently consumed illicitdrug. Most respondents had a perception of excellent orgood health, with no significant gender differences. Abouthalf of subjects considered that health exclusivelydepends on self behavior, but an important percentagealso gave a relevant role to luck. Stomach-ache was themost frequent physical complaint, followed by headache.Psychological complaints mainly corresponded to ner-vousness and bad temper. Only a small percentage of sub-jects declared the use of medicines or tablets withoutprescription. No significant difference in the percentageof respondent who perceived an excellent or good healthwas observed among substance users and non users.Conclusions: Substance abuse and health self-percep-tion in children and adolescents are the result of the inte-raction of a complex series of individual and social fac-tors. Activities aimed to improve health focusing onpartial aspects of adolescents’ lifestyle most probably willhave limited results, and global programs are required.
PB Arán Ediciones
SN 0212-1611
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19162
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19162
NO Molinero, Salguero, Castro-Piñero, Mora, & Márquez, S. (2011). Substance abuse and health self-perception in Spanish children and adolescents. Nutricion Hospitalaria, 26(2), 402-409. https://doi.org/10.3305/NH.2011.26.2.5055
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