Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Addictive Behaviors among Russian and Spanish Youth: A Replication Study

Autor/inn/en	Tsai, Jennifer; Huh, Jimi; Idrisov, Bulat; Galimov, Artur; Espada, Jose P.; Gonzálvez, María T.; Sussman, Steve
Titel	Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Addictive Behaviors among Russian and Spanish Youth: A Replication Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Drug Education, 46 (2016) 1-2, S.32-46 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2379
DOI	10.1177/0047237917704635
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Addictive Behavior; High School Students; Generalization; Foreign Countries; Smoking; Drinking; Drug Use; Internet; Exercise; Sexuality; Purchasing; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Health Education; Item Analysis; Measurement Techniques; Cross Cultural Studies; Russia; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Rauchen; Trinken; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Übung; Sexualität; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Itemanalyse; Messtechnik; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Russland; Spanien
Abstract	Recently, an addiction matrix measure was assessed among U.S. former alternative high school youth. This presentation seeks to examine the generalizability of findings using this measure among Russian and Spanish high school adolescents. Latent class analysis was used to explore addiction subgroups among adolescents in Russia (average age = 16.27; n = 715) and Spain (average age = 14.9; n = 811). Last 30-day prevalence of one or more of 11 addictions reviewed in the previous work was the primary focus (i.e., cigarettes, alcohol, hard drugs, eating, gambling, Internet, love, sex, exercise, work, and shopping) among Russian youth, and last-30 prevalence of one or more of 8 addictions among Spanish youth (the three drug use items had not been included in the questionnaire for these youths). Results confirmed a two-class model (addicted class and non-addicted class) among both Russian and Spanish adolescents. The mean number of addictions reported was 1.39 (SD = 1.78) addictions among Russian youth and 1.56 (SD = 1.68) addictions among Spanish youth. The prevalence of the sample that constituted the "addicted group" in Russia and Spain was 32.2% and 28.6%, respectively. The most prevalent addictions (i.e., love, Internet, exercise) were similar. These results are similar to the findings previously reported for U.S. sample. Latent class structures for addictive behaviors are similar across international adolescent populations. Our results highlight the need to address multiple addictions in health education programming. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01