Title

Self-Control And Substance Use Among College Students

Keywords

Opportunity; Peers; Self-control; Substance use

Abstract

Gottfredson and Hirschi's self-control theory has generated considerable academic interest and become one of the most influential theories of the past 20 years. The current study seeks to confirm and extend this line of research by examining the generality of self-control across several forms of substance use: binge drinking, marijuana use, prescription drug misuse, and other illicit drug use. Data were collected from a sample of more than 1,000 undergraduate students attending a public university in the United States. Findings indicate that students with low selfcontrol were at greater risk for reporting binge drinking, marijuana use, and prescription drug misuse. Further analysis indicates that the influence of self-control on substance use is moderated by opportunity and peer influence. That is, self-control was significantly correlated to binge drinking and marijuana use when students reported greater opportunity to use and also when they reported substance use by their friends. © The Author(s)2013.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Journal of Drug Issues

Volume

43

Issue

1

Number of Pages

56-68

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042612462216

Socpus ID

84876470644 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84876470644

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