Belief patterns and drug use in a sample of Brazilian youth: an exploratory latent class analysis.

Shannon Healy Silvia S Martins Thiago Marques Fidalgo Zila van der Meer Sanchez

Published in: Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) (2020)

These results indicate that conceptualizing drug beliefs as a categorical latent variable may be useful for informing prevention. Longitudinal studies are needed to establish temporality and assess further applicability of this construct.

Keyphrases

physical activity
mental health
young adults
emergency department
drug induced