Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption, Personality, and Cybervictimization among Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics
2.2.2. Drug Use
2.2.3. Personality Traits
2.2.4. Cybervictimization Assessment
2.3. Statistical Analysis
2.4. Ethical Aspects
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Total Sample | Victims | Non-Victims | p-Value a |
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n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | ||
765 (100%) | 305 (39.87%) | 460 (60.13%) | ||
Age | 14.987 (0.66) | 14.952 (0.67) | 15.029 (0.65) | 0.110 |
Sex | 0.040 | |||
Female | 432 (56.5%) | 186 (43.1%) | 246 (56.9%) | |
Male | 333 (43.5%) | 119 (35.7%) | 214 (64.3%) | |
Mother’s education | 0.874 | |||
Less than primary | 22 (2.9%) | 10 (3.4%) | 12 (2.7%) | |
Only Primary | 197 (26.3%) | 79 (26.5%) | 118 (26.1%) | |
Secondary | 363 (48.4%) | 146 (49.0%) | 217 (48.0%) | |
University | 168 (22.4%) | 63 (21.1%) | 105 (23.2%) | |
Father’s education | 0.538 | |||
Less than primary | 32 (4.3%) | 12 (4.1%) | 20 (4.5%) | |
Only Primary | 246 (33.3%) | 105 (35.7%) | 141 (31.7%) | |
Secondary | 362 (49.0%) | 143 (48.6%) | 219 (49.2%) | |
University | 99 (13.4%) | 34 (11.6%) | 65 (14.6%) | |
Alcohol consumption | <0.001 | |||
Never or rarely | 377 (49.5%) | 117 (38.6%) | 260 (56.8%) | |
At least monthly | 384 (50.5%) | 186 (61.4%) | 198 (43.2%) | |
Tobacco consumption | 0.008 | |||
Never | 720 (94.7%) | 281 (92.1%) | 439 (96.5%) | |
At least monthly | 40 (5.3%) | 24 (7.9%) | 16 (3.5%) | |
Personality traits (z-score) | ||||
Openness | 0 (1) | 0.080 (0.985) | 0.038 (0.952) | 0.561 |
Conscientiousness | 0 (1) | −0.001 (1.004) | 0.200 (0.962) | 0.007 |
Extraversion | 0 (1) | 0.110 (1.030) | −0.094 (0.948) | 0.006 |
Agreeableness | 0 (1) | 0.049 (1.010) | 0.246 (0.929) | 0.73 |
Neuroticism | 0 (1) | 0.162 (1.017) | −0.234 (0.902) | 0 |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | p-Value for Interactions a |
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OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | ||
Age | 1.305 (1.010–1.687) | 1.200 (0.948–1.519) | 1.195 (0.946–1.510) | 1.263 (0.974–1.638) | 0.743 |
Female | 1.268 (0.882–1.822) | 1.330 (0.978–1.809) | 1.386 (1.023–1.829) | 1.237(0.859–1.783) | - |
Parental education | |||||
Mother education (secondary or more) | 1.060 (0.695–1.617) | 1.008 (0.698–1.475) | 0.999 (0.685–1.458) | 1.056 (0.688–1.621) | 0.962 |
Father education | |||||
(secondary or more) | 1.023 (0693–1.509) | 1.136 (0.796–1.620) | 1.141 (0.802–1.623) | 1.035 (0.697–1.538) | 0.347 |
Personality traits (z-score) | |||||
Openness | 1.070 (0.901–1.271) | - | - | 1.079 (0.907–1.238) | 0.274 |
Conscientiousness | 0.730 (0.599–0.888) | - | - | 0.779 (0.635–0.955) | 0.611 |
Extraversion | 1.454 (1.190–1.778) | - | - | 1.314 (1.062–1.629) | 0.458 |
Agreeableness | 1.035 (0.835–1.284) | - | - | 1.047 (0.843–1.301) | 0.989 |
Neuroticism | 1.575 (1.318–1.881) | - | - | 1.526 (1.274–1.828) | 0.484 |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
At least monthly | - | 1.993 (1.470–2.701) | - | 1.506(1.053–2.154) | 0.267 |
Tobacco consumption | |||||
At least monthly | - | - | 2.546 (1.284–5.048) | 1.511 (0.727–3.143) | 0.578 |
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Rodríguez-Enríquez, M.; Bennasar-Veny, M.; Leiva, A.; Yañez, A.M. Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption, Personality, and Cybervictimization among Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3123. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173123
Rodríguez-Enríquez M, Bennasar-Veny M, Leiva A, Yañez AM. Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption, Personality, and Cybervictimization among Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(17):3123. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173123
Chicago/Turabian StyleRodríguez-Enríquez, Mónica, Miquel Bennasar-Veny, Alfonso Leiva, and Aina M. Yañez. 2019. "Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption, Personality, and Cybervictimization among Adolescents" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 17: 3123. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173123