Spirituality, gender, and drug use among students from one University in Barbados

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem

Mia Amour Jules¹  Samuel Noh¹  Hayley Hamilton¹  Bruna Brands¹  Denise Gastaldo¹  Maria Da Gloria Miotto Wright¹  Francisco Cumsille¹  Akwatu Khenti¹ 

关键词: Family;    Spirituality;    Street drugs;    Students;    Família;    Espiritualidade;    Drogas ilícitas;    Estudantes;    Familia;    Espiritualidad;    Drogas ilicitas;    Estudiantes;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-07072015001140014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The research aimed to clarify the relationships between spirituality, gender, and drug use among undergraduate students of one university in Barbados. A quota sample of 250 students was required from the Faculty of Social Sciences as the study was part of a larger multi-centric study involving students from the Faculty of Social Sciences from seven other participating countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Significant negative relationships were found between a student's level of spirituality and their licit and illicit drug use over the past 12 and three months. Males and females also differed significantly in terms of illicit drug use (past 12 and three months). However no gender differences were found as it related to licit drug use. Moreover, females possessed significantly higher levels of spirituality than their male counterparts. Further qualitative research should be conducted among this age group within the Barbadian context to better explain these findings.

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