The Mediating Role of Contextual Problems and Sensation Seeking in the Association between Substance Use and Mental Health in Adolescents from Northern Chile

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dc.contributor.authorCaqueo-Urizar, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorAtencio-Quevedo, Diego
dc.contributor.authorUrzua, Alfonso
dc.contributor.authorFlores, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorIrarrazaval, Matias
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:11:03Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:11:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSubstance use is a risk behavior that has been associated with adverse mental health outcomes in adolescence. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between behavioral problems, emotional problems, and substance use as well as the mediating role of contextual problems and sensation seeking in this relation. A cross-sectional study of 2277 adolescents from Northern Chile was conducted. The System for the Evaluation of Children and Adolescents (SENA) was used to assess substance use, contextual problems, sensation seeking, and emotional and behavioral problems. Through a mediational model, it was observed that substance use has a positive indirect effect on emotional and behavioral problems when both contextual problems and sensation seeking act as mediating variables. An indirect effect of substance use on contextual problems with sensation seeking as a mediator was also observed. The results suggests that context and sensation seeking are a relevant source of information in understanding adolescents and their propensity to use drugs. Interventions based on addressing contextual problems (problems with school, peers, and family) and enhancing personal resources should be implemented in order to reduce substance use in adolescents as well as the consequences it can generate in the short, medium, and long term.
dc.description.funderAgencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo de Chile (ANID)
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph19042262
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042262
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93607
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000771471800001
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaInternational journal of environmental research and public health
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectsubstance use
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectcontextual problems
dc.subjectsensation seeking
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleThe Mediating Role of Contextual Problems and Sensation Seeking in the Association between Substance Use and Mental Health in Adolescents from Northern Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen19
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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