Citation

Mainous RO, Mainous AG, Martin CA, Oler MJ, Haney AS. J. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2001; 14(1): 32-40.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. Romain01@louisville.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11887679

Abstract

PROBLEM: Because of the negative impact on health of drug and alcohol use, this study examined adolescent needs and substance use. METHODS: Subjects (N = 191) were adolescents aged 14 to 19 in a rural and an urban high school. A modified version of the Need Subscale from the Addiction Research Center Maturation Scale measured a feeling of satisfaction related to meeting basic needs, and an investigator's prepared questionnaire elicited current use of alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana. FINDINGS: Individuals with feelings of unmet needs were more likely to be current drinkers. Rural/urban residence was not a significant predictor in a multivariate analysis, but religiosity was. CONCLUSIONS: A feeling of unmet needs seems to be an important factor in adolescent substance use.

Language: en