TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Association of substance-use behaviours and their social-cognitive determinants in secondary school students
JO  - Health education research
A1  - Victoir, An
A1  - Eertmans, Audrey
A1  - Van den Bergh, Omer
A1  - Van den Broucke, Stephan
SP  - 81
EP  - 94
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
N2  - In two samples of Flemish secondary school students, co-occurrence of different types of substance use was observed: smoking was associated with marijuana use in Sample 1 (n = 597) and alcohol consumption in Sample 2 (n = 403). It was investigated whether social-cognitive determinants of these behaviours were also associated. Low to medium correlations were observed. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that a model with general social-cognitive factors (across different substances) did not have adequate fit. Substance use was mainly associated with variables referring to the specific substance under consideration, with the exception of self-efficacy in buying and smoking cigarettes; this factor was linked not only to smoking but also to alcohol and marijuana use. Adolescents who regularly used two substances generally held positions on social-cognitive scales that were more unfavourable than those who only used one substance. In order to change determinants of use, substance-specific cognitions and skills may be important targets.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0268-1153
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyl050
ID  - ref1
ER  -