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Sense of coherence and substance use: Examining mutual influences
- Source :
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2014.
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Abstract
- Sense of coherence (SOC) is conceptualized as a mutable orientation to life, but has often been found a stable attribute of individual differences. While several studies have documented the relationship between SOC and substance use, nothing is known about mutual influences between both variables over time in adolescence. The present study examines whether changes in SOC predict changes in substance use, or whether changes in substance use predict changes in SOC. A longitudinal cross-lagged panel design was used to inspect SOC and self-reported frequency of substance use of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis over the course of ten years. Participants were 318 German adolescents aged 14–15 at the beginning of the study. Structural equation modeling indicated a single significant negative path from SOC to later cannabis use as well as one significant positive path from cannabis use to SOC. Despite a general association – high SOC corresponds to less substance use – SOC overall develops independently from substance use.
- Subjects :
- inorganic chemicals
alcohol consumption
Tabakkonsum
behavioral disciplines and activities
Structural equation modeling
Developmental psychology
tobacco consumption
ddc:150
health behavior
Alkoholkonsum
Salutogenese
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Psychology
Sense of coherence
Cannabis
Cross-lagged
Longitudinal
Drogenkonsum
Association (psychology)
General Psychology
drug use
Panel design
biology
Psychological Disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Prevention
Jugendlicher
longitudinal study
Selbstwirksamkeit
Cannabis use
biology.organism_classification
Längsschnittuntersuchung
Psychologie
psychische Störungen, Behandlung und Prävention
Persönlichkeitspsychologie
adolescent
Cross lagged
Gesundheitsverhalten
Personality Psychology
salutogenesis
sense organs
Substance use
self-efficacy
Social psychology
psychological phenomena and processes
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01918869
- Volume :
- 64
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....def40a4adf5d7cc7de5551f89ee45c42