Cheng?Fang Yen|Yi?Hsin Yang|Mian?Yoon Chong
Correlates of methamphetamine use for Taiwanese adolescents
Institute of Behavioral Sciences|Kaohsiung Medical University|Chang Gung University|Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
aim present study assess associations methamphetamine map use psychiatric comorbidity individual attitudes personal knowledge map use family characteristics peer factors taiwanese adolescents via casecontrol study two hundred adolescent map users 400 adolescent nonusers recruited psychiatric comorbidity attitudes knowledge toward map use family characteristics peer interactions assessed systematically associations map use factors examined univariate multivariate analysis conditional logistic regression analysis comorbid conduct disorder attitude favorable map use poor knowledge map use disrupted parenting lower caregiver education level friends using providing map actively interacting peers associated significantly map use adolescent map use correlated multiple factors lie within individuals interaction family peers correlates map use identified present study may helpful design implementation preventive intervention