Psychoactive drug use in Hong Kong : life satisfaction and drug use / Yuet Wah Cheung, Nicole Wai-ting Cheung.
Cheung, Yuet-wah, 1952- author.; Cheung, Nicole Wai-ting, author.
2017
HV5840.H85
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Title Psychoactive drug use in Hong Kong : life satisfaction and drug use / Yuet Wah Cheung, Nicole Wai-ting Cheung.
Author Cheung, Yuet-wah, 1952- author.
ISBN 9789811061547 (electronic book)
9811061548 (electronic book)
9789811061523
9811061521
Published Singapore : Springer, [2017]
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number HV5840.H85
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.29095125
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Summary This book studies young people's use of psychoactive drugs and its social and psychological correlates in Hong Kong. Specifically, it focuses on how life satisfaction may affect drug use among a sample of psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong.The book addresses the dearth of research on the role of young people's life satisfaction in their drug abuse and engagement in other risk behaviors in Hong Kong. It also examines how changes in the drug scene from heroin addiction to psychoactive party drug use since the late 1990s has necessitated a deeper exploration of the subculture of young people, which shapes their attitudes and behaviors regarding how they structure their lives and how they perceive the risks of drug use, in the context of the global trend of normalization of recreational drug use. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of a unique set of longitudinal data that reveals the factors influencing drug use among young psychoactive drug users, academic implications of the findings for social science theory and research on young people's drug use, and practical implications of the findings for prevention and intervention services for young people in Hong Kong and other Asian societies.
Note This book studies young people's use of psychoactive drugs and its social and psychological correlates in Hong Kong. Specifically, it focuses on how life satisfaction may affect drug use among a sample of psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong.The book addresses the dearth of research on the role of young people's life satisfaction in their drug abuse and engagement in other risk behaviors in Hong Kong. It also examines how changes in the drug scene from heroin addiction to psychoactive party drug use since the late 1990s has necessitated a deeper exploration of the subculture of young people, which shapes their attitudes and behaviors regarding how they structure their lives and how they perceive the risks of drug use, in the context of the global trend of normalization of recreational drug use. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of a unique set of longitudinal data that reveals the factors influencing drug use among young psychoactive drug users, academic implications of the findings for social science theory and research on young people's drug use, and practical implications of the findings for prevention and intervention services for young people in Hong Kong and other Asian societies.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource ; title from PDF title page (viewed September 18, 2017).
Added Author Cheung, Nicole Wai-ting, author.
Series Quality of life in Asia ; v. 11.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9811061521
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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

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