Relationship Between Substance use and Quality of Life in a Community Sample of Adults
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Chronic substance use and abuse might associate with the occurrence of life events that impact on people’s quality of life. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between the use of each of nine substance types and the distinct domains of quality of life as assessed by the WHOQOL-bref. Participants were 105 Brazilian adults from a community sample (mean age = 23.91, SD = .51; 57.14% women). Results revealed that impairments in quality of life were detected only for use of cocaine and anxiolytic drugs; unexpectedly, there was a tendency toward positive relationships between the use of stimulant substances and the domains of quality of life. Prevalence of moderate use of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana were markedly higher than previously reported. Findings are discussed considering previous studies and the possibility of an idiosyncratic composition of the sample employed in the study.
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