OBJECTIVE: To compare the relations of social self-control and sensation seeking with substance use across samples of US and Russian adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were obtained from 362 tenth-graders from Ufa, Russia, and 965 tenth-graders from California. RESULTS: Lack of social self-control was significantly related with higher alcohol and hard drug use in the Russian sample and higher cigarette use in the US sample. Higher sensation-seeking showed significant associations with higher cigarette and alcohol use in the Russian sample and higher alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use in the US sample. CONCLUSION: As with US adolescents, prevention programs for Russian adolescents may also benefit from being tailored to higher sensation-seekers and including self-control skills training.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the relations of social self-control and sensation seeking with substance use across samples of US and Russian adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were obtained from 362 tenth-graders from Ufa, Russia, and 965 tenth-graders from California. RESULTS: Lack of social self-control was significantly related with higher alcohol and hard drug use in the Russian sample and higher cigarette use in the US sample. Higher sensation-seeking showed significant associations with higher cigarette and alcohol use in the Russian sample and higher alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use in the US sample. CONCLUSION: As with US adolescents, prevention programs for Russian adolescents may also benefit from being tailored to higher sensation-seekers and including self-control skills training.
Authors: Steve Sussman; Chih-Ping Chou; Raina D Pang; Matthew Kirkpatrick; Casey R Guillot; Matthew Stone; Rubin Khoddam; Nathaniel R Riggs; Jennifer B Unger; Adam M Leventhal Journal: Subst Use Misuse Date: 2016-04-12 Impact factor: 2.164