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Thursday, February 11, 2010

The role of substance use and psychosocial characteristics in explaining unintentional injuries


The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between the use of various substances and selected psychosocial characteristics with unintentional injury.

For the univariate analyses, both frequency of cocaine and cannabis use, risk-taking/impulsivity, stress, and coping were significantly related to injuries.

For the multivariate analyses, only risk-taking/impulsivity, stress, age, and sex were significantly related to injuries.

The results provide important information regarding factors associated with reported injuries among individuals in addiction treatment.

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