by Connie Wong Sau Ying. / Includes questionnaire in Chinese. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-81). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.ix / CHAPTER / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.1 / Substance Abuse: Definition and Consequences --- p.1 / Prevalence of Substance Abuse Amongst Adolescents in Hong Kong and the States / Antecedents of Substance Abuse --- p.4 / Role of Family --- p.5 / Role of Peer Influences --- p.7 / Individual Difference Variables --- p.8 / A Conceptual Model on Adolescent Substance Use --- p.12 / Purposes of the Research --- p.13 / Chapter 2 --- METHOD --- p.16 / Participants --- p.16 / Measures --- p.22 / Procedure --- p.26 / Chapter 3 --- RESULTS --- p.27 / Internal Consistency of Measures --- p.27 / Mean Prevalence Rates: Proportion of Participants Using Substances --- p.27 / Poly Substance Users --- p.31 / Means Comparison for Drug Use Frequency --- p.32 / Means Comparison for Psychosocial Variables --- p.35 / Intercorrelations Among Psychosocial Variables --- p.37 / Correlations Between Psychosocial Variables and Drug Use Frequency --- p.41 / Multiple Regression Analyses on Drug Use Measures --- p.47 / Distal and Proximal Antecedents of Drug Use: A Structural Model --- p.51 / Chapter 4 --- DISCUSSION --- p.64 / REFERENCES --- p.74 / APPENDICES --- p.82 / A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE STUDY --- p.82

by Eric So Hon Kei. / Questionnarie in Chinese. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.vii / CHAPTER / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.1 / Recent Condition of Adolescent Substance Use in Hong Kong --- p.1 / Contemporary Theories of Adolescent Substance Use --- p.2 / Temperament --- p.5 / Coping --- p.8 / Cognitive Motivations for Substance Use --- p.9 / General Deviance and Substance Use --- p.10 / Objectives of Present Study --- p.12 / Chapter 2 --- METHOD --- p.15 / Participants --- p.15 / Measures --- p.21 / Procedure --- p.25 / Chapter 3 --- RESULTS --- p.26 / Data Reduction: Factor Analysis of Negative Cognitive Motivation Scale --- p.26 / Internal Consistency of Measures --- p.26 / Comparison of Substance Use Variables --- p.29 / "Comparison of Temperament, BIS/BAS, Coping and Cognitive Motivation Measures" --- p.31 / Test of Bias in Cognitive Motivation Measures --- p.35 / Predicting Degree of Heroin Use in the Heroin User Inmates --- p.38 / Chapter 4 --- DISCUSSION --- p.48 / Cognitive Motivations for Substance Use --- p.48 / Bias in Cognitive Motivations for Substance Use --- p.50 / Temperament and Ways of Coping of Heroin and Non-heroin User Inmates --- p.52 / Prediction of Degree of Heroin Use --- p.56 / Implication for Substance Use Intervention --- p.58 / Limitations --- p.59 / Summary --- p.61 / REFERENCES --- p.63 / APPENDIX --- p.67