Self-medication and violent behavior [[electronic resource] /] / Michael K. Ostrowsky

• Autore: Ostrowsky Michael K. <1971->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.290835
• Soggetto topico: Teenagers - Alcohol use; Alcoholism - Psychological aspects; Teenagers - Drug use; Marijuana abuse; Violence; Self medication
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-244) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The causes and consequences of drug use -- Exploring the relationships between self-esteem, depression, alcohol use, and marijuana use -- Does alcohol use lead to violent behavior? -- Does marijuana use lead to violent behavior? -- Khantzian's self-medication hypothesis -- Overview of the study, sample, measures, and path model -- Bivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior -- Multivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior -- Implications and prevention.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ostrowsky identifies the causes and consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents. Edward Khantzian's ""self-medication hypothesis"" provides the theoretical framework. However, using longitudinal data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, Ostrowsky extends Khantzian's perspective and also moves beyond previous tests of the hypothesis. Overall, the results provide little support to the five predictions of the self-medication hypothesis, but a few interesting findings did emerge. In terms of drug use, weak school commitment predicts an increase in alcohol use and weak parent
• Titolo autorizzato: Self-medication and violent behavior
• ISBN: 1-59332-566-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456713303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)