Physical and Recreational Activities, Sedentary Screen Time, Time Spent with Parents and Drug Use in Adolescents

Emanuel Adrian Sârbu, Marius Marici (), Simona Bostan and Liviu Gavrila-Ardelean ()
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Emanuel Adrian Sârbu: Faculty of Baptist Theology, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania
Marius Marici: Faculty of Educational Science, Ștefan cel Mare University, 720229 Suceava, Romania
Simona Bostan: Sociology, Doctoral School of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Sciences, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timișoara, Romania
Liviu Gavrila-Ardelean: Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Western University ‘Vasile Goldiș’, 310130 Arad, Romania

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: In a context in which sedentary screen time is on the rise and adolescents are less eager to engage in free-time activities, physical and recreational activities, although too often ignored, have proven to be an antidote for a large array of psychological and behavioral problems in adolescents, including drug use. The present study is a cross-sectional investigation of the association between physical and recreational activities, sedentary screen time, and time spent with parents and the intensity of drug use in adolescents. The participants were part of a representative sample of 2677 adolescents from Bucharest, Romania. The results indicate that vigorous physical and recreational activities, as well as time spent with parents, were negatively associated with an index of drug use (13 drugs), while screen time positively predicted the intensity of drug use. These findings raise the question of the involvement of parents and educational authorities in promoting healthy behaviors and good practices for the prevention of drug use and improving public adolescents’ health.

Keywords: recreational activity; physical activity; sedentary screen time; drug use; time with parents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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