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Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Changes of the Drug Scene in Hong Kong; From Heroin to Psychoactive Drugs; Social Change and Young People's Drug Use in Hong Kong; 1950s-1980s; 1990s-2010s; Neutralization of Recreational Drug Use; Summary; References; Chapter 2: A Longitudinal Survey of Psychoactive Drug Abusers in Hong Kong; The Study and Method; Independent Variables; Socio-demographic Variables; Psychosocial Variables; Permissiveness to Drug Use; Educational Strain; Discrimination by Others; Concerning Views of Life; Self-Esteem; Subjective Weathering; Depression
Stricken by Stressful Events Drug Use History Variable; Dependent Variable; Characteristics of the Sample; Selection of Subjects for Analysis; Pooled Data and Regression; References; Chapter 3: Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Drug Use; Bivariate Associations; Explaining Continuation/Discontinuation of Drug Use with Psychosocial Variables; Drug Use in Last 30 Days as Outcome Variable; Permissiveness to Regular Drug Use as Outcome Variable; Permissiveness to Occasional Drug Use as Outcome Variable; Life Satisfaction as Outcome Variable
Self-Esteem as Outcome Variable Depression as Outcome Variable; Summary and Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Gender Differences in Psychosocial Correlates of Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Drug Use in the Last 30 Days; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Permissiveness to Regular Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Permissiveness to Occasional Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Life Satisfaction
Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Self-Esteem Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Depression; Gender Differences: A Summary; Discussion; References; Chapter 5: Probing into the Role of Subjective Well-Being in the Rehabilitation of Psychoactive Drug Abusers; Life Satisfaction; How Can the Level of Life Satisfaction of Drug Abusers Be Raised?; Depression; Subjective Well-Being as Outcome of Treatment and Rehabilitation; References; Chapter 6: Summary and Discussion; The Study
Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Continuation of Drug Use Permissiveness to Drug Use; Life Satisfaction and Depression; Self-Esteem; Drug Use at Previous Time Point; Short-Term Effects of Psychosocial Variables; Epilogue; Limitations of the Study; References; Appendices; Appendix One: A Closer Look at the Sample (Adopted from Cheung, Y.W. (2012). A longitudinal survey of psychoactive drug abusers in Hong Kong. Report submitted to Beat Drugs Fund, Narcotics Division, Security Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR. pp. 114-122); Drop-Out Group at T2
Stricken by Stressful Events Drug Use History Variable; Dependent Variable; Characteristics of the Sample; Selection of Subjects for Analysis; Pooled Data and Regression; References; Chapter 3: Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Drug Use; Bivariate Associations; Explaining Continuation/Discontinuation of Drug Use with Psychosocial Variables; Drug Use in Last 30 Days as Outcome Variable; Permissiveness to Regular Drug Use as Outcome Variable; Permissiveness to Occasional Drug Use as Outcome Variable; Life Satisfaction as Outcome Variable
Self-Esteem as Outcome Variable Depression as Outcome Variable; Summary and Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Gender Differences in Psychosocial Correlates of Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Drug Use in the Last 30 Days; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Permissiveness to Regular Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Permissiveness to Occasional Drug Use; Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Life Satisfaction
Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Self-Esteem Gender Differences in How Psychosocial Variables Affected Depression; Gender Differences: A Summary; Discussion; References; Chapter 5: Probing into the Role of Subjective Well-Being in the Rehabilitation of Psychoactive Drug Abusers; Life Satisfaction; How Can the Level of Life Satisfaction of Drug Abusers Be Raised?; Depression; Subjective Well-Being as Outcome of Treatment and Rehabilitation; References; Chapter 6: Summary and Discussion; The Study
Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Continuation of Drug Use Permissiveness to Drug Use; Life Satisfaction and Depression; Self-Esteem; Drug Use at Previous Time Point; Short-Term Effects of Psychosocial Variables; Epilogue; Limitations of the Study; References; Appendices; Appendix One: A Closer Look at the Sample (Adopted from Cheung, Y.W. (2012). A longitudinal survey of psychoactive drug abusers in Hong Kong. Report submitted to Beat Drugs Fund, Narcotics Division, Security Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR. pp. 114-122); Drop-Out Group at T2