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Coocurrencia de consumo de sustancias ilícitas y conductas antisociales en adolescentes: estudio comparativo en países hispanohablantes
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19-02-2026
Resumen
El consumo de sustancias y la conducta antisocial son comportamientos estrechamente relacionados y se han propuesto diversas teorías al respecto. Este estudio analizó la asociación entre diversos indicadores empíricos, derivados de las principales teorías explicativas, y la coocurrencia de consumo de sustancias ilícitas y conducta antisocial en 6169 adolescentes de Argentina, España, México y Venezuela, participantes del International Self-Report Delinquency Study. Mediante regresiones logísticas multivariadas, se exploró el efecto de los factores seleccionados en la muestra total y por país. Los factores contextuales (por ejemplo, consumo de sustancias en barrio y escuela) asociados a la coocurrencia entre consumo de sustancias y conductas antisociales variaron entre los países estudiados, mientras que el efecto de los factores personales (como el bajo autocontrol) mostró resultados consistentes. Los hallazgos pueden guiar el desarrollo de programas de prevención e intervención para distintos grupos, destacando aspectos aplicables a nivel transnacional y subrayando la necesidad de adaptar otros localmente.
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consumo de sustancias, conductas antisociales, Latinoamérica, adolescentesReferencias
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