Psychoactive substance use and preventive trends in higher education institutions in Lithuania

Figures & data

Table 1. Internal correspondence of the questionnaire scales.

Subscale	Cronbach’s alfa (α) coefficient
Assessment of feeling	α = .847
Experiences of alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance consumption over 12 months	α = .800
Experiences of alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance consumption over the last 30 days	α = .782
Factors inducing alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance use	α = .892
Alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance consumption consequences	α = .819

Chart 1. Part of the students of a higher education institution that started using psychoactive substances before their studies at a higher education institution (%).

Table 2. Correlation between the age of the respondent and frequency of psychoactive substance use (r _s ).

	Statistical significance	Spearman’s ranking (r s ) correlation coefficient
Cigaretes/Cigars/Pipe	p = .002	r s = −.099^**
Chewing/non-smoking tobacco (snuff)	p = .065	r s = −.059
Electronic cigarettes	p = .000	r s = −.208^***
Energy boosting drinks	p = .000	r s = −.127^***
Alcohol (beer, cider)	p = .043	r s = −.065^*
Alcohol (wine, champagne)	p = .530	r s = −.020
Alcohol (liquor and alcohol infused cocktails)	p = .014	r s = −.078^*
Alcohol (strong spirits e.g. vodka, cognac et al.)	p = .000	r s = −.126^***
‘Weed,’ marijuana/hashish	p = .007	r s = −.086^**
Ecstasy	p = .786	r s = .009
Amphetamine/methamphetamine	p = .998	r s = .000
Cocaine	p = .154	r s = .046
Heroin	p = .918	r s = .003
LSD	p = .466	r s = .023
Hallucinogenic mushrooms (‘magic mushrooms, ‘mushrooms’)	p = .696	r s = .012
Inhalants (glue, petroleum fuels, solvents, ether, aerosol sprays, gases)	p = .194	r s = −.042
Medicine for non-medical purposes (sedatives/sleeping medications/activity boosting medications)	p = .908	r s = .004

* Statistical significance .05 value

** Statistical significance .01 value

*** Statistical significance .001 value.

Chart 2. Smoking factors, students’ opinion (%).

Chart 3. Preventive action, which could be continued/implemented at a higher education institution in the opinion of the students (%).