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Horizonte sanitario
On-line version ISSN 2007-7459Print version ISSN 1665-3262
Abstract
TAMAYO-RIVAS, José Roberto; GAMEZ-MEDINA, Mario Enrique; AHUMADA-CORTEZ, Jesica Guadalupe and VALDEZ-MONTERO, Carolina. Child abuse and drug use in high school adolescents. Horiz. sanitario [online]. 2022, vol.21, n.1, pp.89-96. Epub May 26, 2023. ISSN 2007-7459. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a21n1.4587.
Objective:
To know the relationship between abuse in childhood and drug use in adolescents.
Materials and methods:
Quantitative, descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study; Using stratified random sampling, high school adolescents were selected. A personal data card, the Child Abuse Questionnaire, and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test were applied, validated and used in the Mexican population, in previous investigations. This study adhered to the Regulations of the General Health Law regarding health research20.
Results:
239 adolescents from a public high school participated, the ages ranged from 15 to 19 years (M = 16.41; SD = 1.04), women predominated with 54.5%. In the variable of abuse in childhood and subscales by sex, a significant difference was found in the physical abuse subscale, showing that men (Mdn = 7.00/M = 8.11, SD = 3.08) had a higher physical abuse score compared to women. (Mdn = 7.00/M = 7.28, SD = 2.64) with a U = 5760.0, p <0.032. When correlating the variables of abuse in childhood and drug use, a positive and statistically significant correlation of the number of drugs with the total AUDIT, the sensible and harmful consumption with the total score of abuse and subscales of sexual abuse, emotional neglect and neglect physical.
Conclusions:
Men presented more physical abuse. In the relationship between the study variables, it was found that abuse in childhood was related to the consumption of harmful alcohol and the number of drugs consumed.
Keywords : Child mistreatment; Child maltreatment; Child neglect; Child abuse; Underage drinking.