The harmful effects of sedative medications and substances
in conjunction with limited research regarding predictive psychological
constructs of drug abuse necessitate further investigation of associated
factors. Therefore, the present study aimed to elucidate the roles of perceived
stress, alexithymia, and psychological health as predictors of sedative abuse
in medical students.
In this cross-sectional study, 548 students at Kermanshah
University of Medical Sciences, Iran, were selected using stratified random
sampling. The data were obtained using the Perceived Stress Scale, an
alexithymia scale (Farsi version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20), and a
General Health Questionnaire to assess psychological health. Data were analyzed
using discriminant analyses.
The results demonstrated that the user and non-user of
sedative substances groups had significantly different predictive variables
(except for social function disorder) (P>0.05). Physical complaints,
alexithymia, and perceived stress, which had standard coefficients of 0.80,
0.60, and -0.27, respectively, predicted sedative drug use.
The results of the present study indicate that perceived
stress, alexithymia, physical complaints, anxiety, and depression are
associated with sedative drug abuse.
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1 Sohyla Reshadat,1 Saeid Komasi,2 and Seyed Ramin Ghasemi1
1 Sohyla Reshadat,1 Saeid Komasi,2 and Seyed Ramin Ghasemi1
2Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Kermanshah, Iran.
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