TY - JOUR
T1 - FAMILY FUNCTIONALITY AS PREDICTOR OF ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN ADOLESCENTS IN ECUADOR
AU - Castro-Ochoa, Fabián
AU - Narváez-Pillco, Viviana
AU - Chuqui-Nieto, Valeria
AU - Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
AU - Rodríguez-Lorenzana, Alberto
AU - Mascialino, Guido
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© (2024), (Psychological Society of Northern Greece). All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This study aimed to examine the relationship between family functionality and alcohol and drug abuse among adolescents in Ecuador. The study used a descriptive, correlational, and explanatory methodology using structural modeling (SEM) techniques. The sample comprised 416 adolescents. Females constituted 61.2% of the sample, with their age ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 16.33; SD = 0.95) from Ecuador. The findings revealed that the participants exhibited a moderate degree of family functionality, paralleled by a low level of alcohol consumption and substance misuse. Structural equation modeling revealed a relationship between family functionality and both alcohol and substance use. The data indicated that family functionality explained 13% of the observed variability in alcohol use and 22% of the variability in substance misuse. Overall, family functionality proved to be a significant predictor of alcohol consumption and drug misuse among adolescents, but caution should be drawn to the interpretation of the findings as the sample comprised adolescents who did not have major problem with either alcohol or drug abuse.
AB - This study aimed to examine the relationship between family functionality and alcohol and drug abuse among adolescents in Ecuador. The study used a descriptive, correlational, and explanatory methodology using structural modeling (SEM) techniques. The sample comprised 416 adolescents. Females constituted 61.2% of the sample, with their age ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 16.33; SD = 0.95) from Ecuador. The findings revealed that the participants exhibited a moderate degree of family functionality, paralleled by a low level of alcohol consumption and substance misuse. Structural equation modeling revealed a relationship between family functionality and both alcohol and substance use. The data indicated that family functionality explained 13% of the observed variability in alcohol use and 22% of the variability in substance misuse. Overall, family functionality proved to be a significant predictor of alcohol consumption and drug misuse among adolescents, but caution should be drawn to the interpretation of the findings as the sample comprised adolescents who did not have major problem with either alcohol or drug abuse.
KW - Alcohol abuse
KW - Family functionality
KW - Substance abuse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85194532118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.26262/hjp.v21i1.9718
DO - 10.26262/hjp.v21i1.9718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85194532118
SN - 1790-1391
VL - 21
SP - 49
EP - 66
JO - Hellenic Journal of Psychology
JF - Hellenic Journal of Psychology
IS - 1
ER -
