Impact of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction

Abstract

This research is intended to see how the access to pharmacy and drug delineates the substance abuse and the delinquent behavior (DB) among consumers relating to middle age group in Thailand. There are mainly two objectives of this research. The first is tosee the inverse effect of access to drug and pharmacy on substance abuse and (DB), the other objective is to see the mediating role of life satisfaction (LS) relating to the previous relationships of variables. The data is collected through the people of Thailand through structured questionnaires and purposive sampling to select only middle age people. The data analysis is run through SPSS and AMOS. The results considered the descriptive of the analysis, path analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis CFA to test the effects of variables through responses.The results showed that there had been a significant negative effect of access to drugs &pharmacy on substance abuse and (DB), and there had been a significant mediating effect of LS through access to drugs on substance abuse and delinquent behavior (DB). This research gives the direction to people as how the access to their medication can help them be satisfied. This research also gives implications for pharmacists as their access to health sector can be protective for other people. How to Cite this Article Pubmed Style Jermsittiparsert K, Saengchai S, Pattanapongthorn J. of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. SRP. 2019; 10(2): 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 Web Style Jermsittiparsert K, Saengchai S, Pattanapongthorn J. of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. http://www.sysrevpharm.org/?mno=302644921 [Access: March 31, 2021]. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 AMA (American Medical Association) Style Jermsittiparsert K, Saengchai S, Pattanapongthorn J. of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. SRP. 2019; 10(2): 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 Vancouver/ICMJE Style Jermsittiparsert K, Saengchai S, Pattanapongthorn J. of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. SRP. (2019), [cited March 31, 2021]; 10(2): 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 Harvard Style Jermsittiparsert, K., Saengchai, . S. & Pattanapongthorn, . J. (2019) of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. SRP, 10 (2), 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 Turabian Style Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak, Sakapas Saengchai, and Jintana Pattanapongthorn. 2019. of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Reviews in Pharmacy, 10 (2), 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 Chicago Style Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak, Sakapas Saengchai, and Jintana Pattanapongthorn. Impact of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 10 (2019), 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak, Sakapas Saengchai, and Jintana Pattanapongthorn. Impact of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 10.2 (2019), 34-43. Print. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07 APA (American Psychological Association) Style Jermsittiparsert, K., Saengchai, . S. & Pattanapongthorn, . J. (2019) of People Access to Public Drugs on Substance Abuse and Delinquency Behavior in Thailand: Mediating Role of Life Reviews in Pharmacy, 10 (2), 34-43. doi:10.5530/srp.2019.2.07