Abstract
ABSTRACTObjective: Gasoline inhalation to achieve intoxication is a problem of global significance; however, few studies have examined the prevalence, correlates, and characteristics of gasoline abuse in adolescents. This study examined gasoline abuse in a sample of adolescents in residential treatment for delinquent conduct.Methods: Standardized psychosocial instruments were administered via a structured interview to 723 adolescents (97.7% of the study population).Results: More than one-in-five (21.9%) adolescents reported lifetime gasoline abuse. Gasoline users were disproportionately white, poor, and from rural areas. Gasoline abusers were more likely to have received a formal psychiatric diagnosis, evidenced greater current psychiatric distress and suicidal ideation, had higher levels of past trauma, were more likely to use inhalants for self-medication purposes, and exhibited more severe antisocial traits and behaviors than users of inhalants other than gasoline and inhalant non-users. In multivariat...
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