Clustering the profile of school adolescents predisposed to psychoactive substance use

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Dayane Diniz
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lucena, Laís Balla, Damasceno, Athos Ricardo Moraes Bastos, Siqueira, Hugo, Tadano, Yara de Souza, Caldas, Ivete Furtado Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/12528
• topic: Adolescente; Moral development; Quiz; Abuse of psychoactive substances.; Adolescente; Desarrollo moral; Examen; Abuso de sustancias psicoactivas.; Adolescente; Desenvolvimento moral; Questionário; Abuso de substâncias psicoativas.

Adolescence is a period of neurobiological and behavioral changes. Moral development (DM), still maturing at this stage, is important in decision making, such as the use or not of SPA. The objective is to apply clustering algorithms to group the profile of school adolescents with a tendency to use SPAs, based on socio-economic factors and the level of DM. This is a cross-sectional study with a convenience sample. 100 adolescents, between 12 and 18 years old, of both sexes and regularly enrolled in high school participated in the study. The socioeconomic questionnaire, CRAFFT / CESARE (acronym for Car; Relax; Alone; Forget; Family / Friends; Trouble) and the moral competence test were used. The clustering method was used for data analysis. As for the results found, it was possible to confirm that eleven (11.0%) are at risk for the use, abuse or dependence of SPAs, 6.0%, suspected of dependence on SPAs and 2.0%, risk of dependence on SPAs. In the physician's dilemma, there was a predominance of stages 1 and 2, of the judge, 5 and 6 and worker, 4 and 5. The Fuzzy C-Means method was more appropriate, with a high correlation with the answers provided by the CRAFFT / CESARE test. Therefore, the clustering methods present results with values ​​close to those obtained by the CRAFFT / CESARE test regarding the profile of school adolescents predisposed to the use of SPAs, contributing to the list of determining factors in decision making at this stage of life.