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1 online resource |
| Series |
Quality of life in Asia ; volume 11
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Quality of life in Asia ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Changes of the Drug Scene in Hong Kong; From Heroin to Psychoactive Drugs; Social Change and Young People's Drug Use in Hong Kong; 1950s-1980s; 1990s-2010s; Neutralization of Recreational Drug Use; Summary; References; Chapter 2: A Longitudinal Survey of Psychoactive Drug Abusers in Hong Kong; The Study and Method; Independent Variables; Socio-demographic Variables; Psychosocial Variables; Permissiveness to Drug Use; Educational Strain; Discrimination by Others; Concerning Views of Life; Self-Esteem; Subjective Weathering; Depression. |
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Stricken by Stressful Events Drug Use History Variable; Dependent Variable; Characteristics of the Sample; Selection of Subjects for Analysis; Pooled Data and Regression; References; Chapter 3: Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Drug Use; Bivariate Associations; Explaining Continuation/Discontinuation of Drug Use with Psychosocial Variables; Drug Use in Last 30 Days as Outcome Variable; Permissiveness to Regular Drug Use as Outcome Variable; Permissiveness to Occasional Drug Use as Outcome Variable; Life Satisfaction as Outcome Variable. |
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Self-Esteem as Outcome Variable Depression as Outcome Variable; Summary and Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Gender Differences in Psychosocial Correlates of Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Drug Use in the Last 30 Days; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Permissiveness to Regular Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Permissiveness to Occasional Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Life Satisfaction. |
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Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Self-Esteem Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Depression; Gender Differences: A Summary; Discussion; References; Chapter 5: Probing into the Role of Subjective Well-Being in the Rehabilitation of Psychoactive Drug Abusers; Life Satisfaction; How Can the Level of Life Satisfaction of Drug Abusers Be Raised?; Depression; Subjective Well-Being as Outcome of Treatment and Rehabilitation; References; Chapter 6: Summary and Discussion; The Study. |
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Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Continuation of Drug Use Permissiveness to Drug Use; Life Satisfaction and Depression; Self-Esteem; Drug Use at Previous Time Point; Short-Term Effects of Psychosocial Variables; Epilogue; Limitations of the Study; References; Appendices; Appendix One: A Closer Look at the Sample (Adopted from Cheung, Y.W. (2012). A longitudinal survey of psychoactive drug abusers in Hong Kong. Report submitted to Beat Drugs Fund, Narcotics Division, Security Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR. pp. 114-122); Drop-Out Group at T2. |
| Summary |
This book studies young people's use of psychoactive drugs and its social and psychological correlates in Hong Kong. Specifically, it focuses on how life satisfaction may affect drug use among a sample of psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong. The book addresses the dearth of research on the role of young people's life satisfaction in their drug abuse and engagement in other risk behaviors in Hong Kong. It also examines how changes in the drug scene from heroin addiction to psychoactive party drug use since the late 1990s has necessitated a deeper exploration of the subculture of young people, which shapes their attitudes and behaviors regarding how they structure their lives and how they perceive the risks of drug use, in the context of the global trend of normalization of recreational drug use. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of a unique set of longitudinal data that reveals the factors influencing drug use among young psychoactive drug users, academic implications of the findings for social science theory and research on young people's drug use, and practical implications of the findings for prevention and intervention services for young people in Hong Kong and other Asian societies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychotropic drugs -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Drug abuse -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Drug abusers -- China -- Hong Kong.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Drug abuse. |
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Drug abusers. |
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Psychotropic drugs. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
| Added Author |
Cheung, Nicole Wai-ting, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789811061523 9811061521 (OCoLC)994640384 |
| ISBN |
9789811061547 (electronic bk.) |
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9811061548 (electronic bk.) |
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9789811061523 |
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9811061521 |
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