부산대학교 도서관

Based on strain theory, the aim of this study was to explore the effects of social strains on the illicit drugs prevention and the attitude toward illicit drugs use among high school students. This study was to survey 1277 participants from public and private high and vocational schools in southern Taiwan, including Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung, and to analyze the data with partial least squares - structural equation modeling as well as multiple group comparison. This study indicated that there were different paths that various strain factors influenced the attitude toward illicit drugs use. Daily life distresses and school strain relationships had indirect positive effects on the illicit drugs prevention and the attitude toward illicit drugs use through illegitimate means. In addition, school negative events not only had direct positive effects on the illicit drugs prevention and the attitude toward illicit drugs use, but also had indirect positive effects on those through illegitimate means. Moreover, gender had a moderate effect on this model, in which the influential path for males was different from that for females. In brief, the strains play a significant role on the attitude toward illicit drugs for teenagers. The academic authorities should pay more attention to their daily life and enhance the cognition of illicit drugs.