Personality to Prescription Drug Misuse in Adolescents: Testing Affect Regulation, Psychological Dysregulation, and Deviance Proneness Pathways

Personality to Prescription Drug Misuse in Adolescents: Testing Affect Regulation, Psychological Dysregulation, and Deviance Proneness Pathways

Background: Fifteen to 25-year-olds are the age group most likely to misuse prescription drugs. Few studies have tested theory-driven models of adolescent risk for prescription drug misuse. Moreover, rarely are distinct pathways to different forms of prescription drug misuse considered.Methods: We t...

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Main Authors: Sherry H. Stewart, Annie Chinneck, Kara Thompson, Mohammad H. Afzali, Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Ioan T. Mahu, Patricia J. Conrod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
adolescents
personality risk
prescription drug misuse
anxiety sensitivity
hopelessness
sensation seeking
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.640766/full

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