%0 Journal Article
%T Psychoactive substance use and preventive trends in higher education institutions in Lithuania
%A Asta Railien£¿
%A Irena £¿emaitaityt£¿
%A Odeta Merfeldait£¿
%A Valdon£¿ Indra£¿ien£¿
%A Violeta Jegelevi£¿ien£¿
%J International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1458632
%X Abstract This paper focuses on the analysis of psychoactive substance use situation and preventive trends within communities of HE institutions in Lithuania. The researchers used a questionnaire, thus applying the quantitative research method. The research results: strong alcohol drinks among students of HE institutions are not popular; the respondents used psychoactive substances for the first time while still at secondary school; more than one tenth of the respondents indicated having driven a vehicle while under alcoholic intoxication at least once over the last 12 months. The alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance use situation among students could be related to psychosocial factors: the possibility to relax, to reduce stress, to experience pleasure, to overcome boredom and to communicate. The results of the survey reveal an imperative to start a discussion about the formation and implementation of preventive measures against psychoactive substance use within communities of Lithuanian HE institutions
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673843.2018.1458632