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Courtney B Dunn1,2, Albert D Farrell1
1Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US.
Substance use & misuse
|August 25, 2025
Resumen
Los patrones de consumo de sustancias entre los adolescentes pueden cambiar rápidamente, incluso en cuestión de meses. Los estudiantes de secundaria de mayor edad, especialmente las mujeres, muestran mayores tasas de consumo de sustancias múltiples, lo que pone de relieve la necesidad de una intervención temprana.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud de los adolescentes
- Investigación sobre el uso de sustancias
- Psicología del desarrollo
Sus antecedentes:
- La adolescencia temprana es un período crítico para el inicio y la escalada del consumo de sustancias.
- La comprensión de las distintas trayectorias de consumo de sustancias es crucial para las intervenciones específicas.
- Los factores socioeconómicos y demográficos pueden influir en los patrones de consumo de sustancias.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Identificar subgrupos de adolescentes de edad temprana basados en el historial y los patrones de consumo de sustancias.
- Examinar los cambios en la composición del subgrupo durante un período de tres meses.
- Investigar la asociación entre las características sociodemográficas y los cambios longitudinales en el consumo de sustancias.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de la clase latente para identificar los subgrupos de consumo de sustancias en dos momentos.
- Análisis de transición latente para evaluar los cambios en la pertenencia a un subgrupo.
- Análisis de los factores sociodemográficos (sexo, grado) y su influencia en las transiciones.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron cuatro patrones distintos de consumo de sustancias: el no consumo, el inicio, el consumo de alcohol y el consumo de múltiples sustancias.
- La pertenencia a los subgrupos mostró inestabilidad, en particular para las categorías de consumo de alcohol y consumo de sustancias polivalentes.
- Las adolescentes y los estudiantes de octavo grado eran más propensos a consumir múltiples sustancias.
Conclusiones:
- La pertenencia a un subgrupo de consumo de sustancias es dinámica durante la adolescencia temprana.
- Los adolescentes de mayor edad, especialmente las mujeres, corren un mayor riesgo de consumo de sustancias múltiples.
- La intervención temprana es fundamental para evitar la escalada del consumo de sustancias iniciada durante esta etapa del desarrollo.
Palabras clave:
El comienzo de la adolescenciaDiferencias de gradoanálisis de transición latenteUso de sustancias múltiplesDiferencias de géneroMás Videos Relacionados
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