Influences of Perceived Stress, Dysfunctional Attitude, Self-Efficacy, Social Support and Coping Style on Maladaptation in the Adolescents with Substance Abuse

Phee, Sang Soon; Oh, Sang Woo; Park, Min Cheol

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study was intended to investigate the influences of the perceived stress, dysfunctional attitude, self-efficacy, social support and coping style on maladaptation in the adolescents with substance abuse. Specifically, two models, vulnerability-stress model and social learning model of substance abuse in adolescents were compared for the power to predict substance abusing behaviors and depression.
METHODS
To investigate these objects, the semi-structured interview schedule, and scales for the perceived stress, dysfunctional attitude, self-efficacy, social support, coping style, expectation of substance effect, quantity of substance abuse, problems-related substance abuse and BDI were used. One hundred and fifty eight adolescents with substance abuse were asked to reply to them. The data were analyzed by correlation and multiple regression analysis.
RESULTS
The results were as follows 1) Among each variables of the adolescents with substance abuse, quantity of substance abuse had significantly high correlation with problems-related substance abuse, quantity of using of substance by friends, perceived stress, avoidant coping, positive expectancy, negative expectancy, self-efficacy. Problems-related substance abuse had significant high positive correlation with perceived stress, positive expectancy, negative expectancy and self-efficacy. Interaction effect of perceived stress, coping style and social support were statistically significant. Main effects of effect of substance abuse were significant. 2) (1) Vulnerability-stress model predicted 16.6% of variances on problems-related substance abuse and social learning model, 18.4%. (2) Vulnerability-stress model predicted 16.9% of variances on quantity of substance abuse and social learning model, 30.5%. 3) Vulnerability-stress model predicted 18.8% of variances on depression and social learning model, 4.7%.
CONCLUSIONS
The result of this study indicated that vulnerability-stress model was superior in predicting depression and social learning model was superior in predicting quantity of substance abuse. Two models were equal in problems-related substance abuse.