Interpersonal and Intimate Violence in Mexican Youth: Drug Use, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic DOI Open Access
Silvia Morales Chainé, Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Rebeca Robles

et al.

Published: May 18, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased interpersonal and intimate violence, harmful use of alcohol other drugs (AOD), mental health problems. present study uses a valid path model to describe relationships between these conditions young Mexicans during the second year pandemic. A sample 7,420 ages 18 24—two-thirds whom were women—completed Life Events Checklist, Alcohol, Smoking, Substance Involvement Screening Test, Major-Depressive-Episode Generalized Anxiety Scale, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist. Young reported higher rates victimization perpetration violence symptomatology than those noted pre-pandemic in first Harmful AOD like by adolescents before. Findings suggested asymmetric gender (with women being at risk men, p≤.05). More men engaged (except for sedatives, which more abuse). In contrast, all conditions. indicates that victim predicts tobacco, alcohol, cocaine, depression, anxiety, specific PTSD symptoms (such as re-experimentation avoidance symptoms). Being resulted severe (including avoidance, negative alterations cognition-mood, hyperarousal signs). sedatives predicted depressive symptoms. Men´s victimizing contrasted with women, also included high school youth had three paths -victimizing-intimate victimizing-interpersonal abuse, sedative use, depression. findings this could serve basis future studies exploring mechanisms predict patterns develop most cost-effective preventive programs public policies address community emergencies.

Language: Английский

Interpersonal and Intimate Violence in Mexican Youth: Drug Use, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic DOI Open Access
Silvia Morales Chainé, Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Rebeca Robles

et al.

Published: May 18, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased interpersonal and intimate violence, harmful use of alcohol other drugs (AOD), mental health problems. present study uses a valid path model to describe relationships between these conditions young Mexicans during the second year pandemic. A sample 7,420 ages 18 24—two-thirds whom were women—completed Life Events Checklist, Alcohol, Smoking, Substance Involvement Screening Test, Major-Depressive-Episode Generalized Anxiety Scale, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist. Young reported higher rates victimization perpetration violence symptomatology than those noted pre-pandemic in first Harmful AOD like by adolescents before. Findings suggested asymmetric gender (with women being at risk men, p≤.05). More men engaged (except for sedatives, which more abuse). In contrast, all conditions. indicates that victim predicts tobacco, alcohol, cocaine, depression, anxiety, specific PTSD symptoms (such as re-experimentation avoidance symptoms). Being resulted severe (including avoidance, negative alterations cognition-mood, hyperarousal signs). sedatives predicted depressive symptoms. Men´s victimizing contrasted with women, also included high school youth had three paths -victimizing-intimate victimizing-interpersonal abuse, sedative use, depression. findings this could serve basis future studies exploring mechanisms predict patterns develop most cost-effective preventive programs public policies address community emergencies.

Language: Английский

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