PROBLEM: this cross-sectional study identified a number of factors that were correlated with drug-use severity among homeless youth. METHODS: to examine a commonly used measure of substance-use severity, the TCU Drug Screen II, in a convenience sample of 156 homeless youth, ages 15-25 from a drop-in site in Santa Monica, California. FINDINGS: higher drug-use severity scores were independently related to low levels of perceived health and maladaptive coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS: the findings from this study are particularly relevant in that they support previous results showing that psychosocial variables are related to substance use behavior among young populations.
PROBLEM: this cross-sectional study identified a number of factors that were correlated with drug-use severity among homeless youth. METHODS: to examine a commonly used measure of substance-use severity, the TCU Drug Screen II, in a convenience sample of 156 homeless youth, ages 15-25 from a drop-in site in Santa Monica, California. FINDINGS: higher drug-use severity scores were independently related to low levels of perceived health and maladaptive coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS: the findings from this study are particularly relevant in that they support previous results showing that psychosocial variables are related to substance use behavior among young populations.
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