Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being
The consumption of psychoactive substances by university students is a subject that has been gaining more and more attention in the literature. However, there is still a lot of disagreement on this subject. This study aims to relate the impact of substance consumption habits (alcohol, tobacco and o...
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| author | Liliana Mendes Levi Leonido Bruna Soares Tânia Guimarães Cátia Romão Mariana Guerra Elsa Maria Gabriel Morgado |
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The consumption of psychoactive substances by university students is a subject that has been gaining more and more attention in the literature. However, there is still a lot of disagreement on this subject. This study aims to relate the impact of substance consumption habits (alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substances) with self-esteem and psychological well-being in university students, in order to gain a better understanding of this issue. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative, correlational study with a quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 460 university students aged between 18 and 66 with internet access. Of these participants, 299 were female and 158 were male. The instruments used were a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Scale for the measurement of Manifestation of Psychological Well-being (EMMBEP) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RAS). The results showed no statistically significant differences in terms of self-esteem and psychological well-being according to substance use. In addition, only the consumption of other psychoactive substances was significantly higher in male participants than in female participants.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cdbf86f583ef4f01a232ad334982daa72025-08-20T03:30:10ZengDesafio SingularMotricidade1646-107X2182-29722025-07-012110.6063/motricidade.39660Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-beingLiliana Mendes0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7938-6166Levi Leonido1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3653-7876Bruna Soares2https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6926-1941Tânia Guimarães 3https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1678-4807Cátia Romão 4https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4797-4673Mariana Guerra 5Elsa Maria Gabriel Morgado6Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational ResearchCenter for Research in Arts Sciences and Technologies, Portuguese Catholic UniversityUniversity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. Center for Studies in Education and Innovation, CI&DEI The consumption of psychoactive substances by university students is a subject that has been gaining more and more attention in the literature. However, there is still a lot of disagreement on this subject. This study aims to relate the impact of substance consumption habits (alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substances) with self-esteem and psychological well-being in university students, in order to gain a better understanding of this issue. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative, correlational study with a quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 460 university students aged between 18 and 66 with internet access. Of these participants, 299 were female and 158 were male. The instruments used were a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Scale for the measurement of Manifestation of Psychological Well-being (EMMBEP) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RAS). The results showed no statistically significant differences in terms of self-esteem and psychological well-being according to substance use. In addition, only the consumption of other psychoactive substances was significantly higher in male participants than in female participants. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/39660Higher educationSelf-esteemPsychological well-beingSubstance use |
| spellingShingle | Liliana Mendes Levi Leonido Bruna Soares Tânia Guimarães Cátia Romão Mariana Guerra Elsa Maria Gabriel Morgado Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being Motricidade Higher education Self-esteem Psychological well-being Substance use |
| title | Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being |
| title_full | Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being |
| title_fullStr | Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being |
| title_short | Higher education: impact of substance use on self-esteem and well-being |
| title_sort | higher education impact of substance use on self esteem and well being |
| topic | Higher education Self-esteem Psychological well-being Substance use |
| url | https://revistas.rcaap.pt/motricidade/article/view/39660 |
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