Abstract
The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs are a health and social problems worldwide. According to several studies, abstemious people are a minority population among university students. The objective of this research is to identify clusters of abstemious students and their psycho-socials patterns. Based on information obtained through five psychological questionnaires (Patient health questionnaire PHQ-9, avoidance and action questionnaire AAQ 7, loneliness scale UCLA-R, the satisfaction with life scale SLQ, the Barratt impulsiveness scale BISS-1, and perceived stress scale PSS-10) a cluster analysis was conduct using Sparse K-means algorithm. The sample comprised 510 abstemious college students from three Ecuadorian universities. Two clusters were obtained: satisfaction with life, loneliness, and avoidance and action are the most representative variables contributing to the cluster distribution.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Applied Technologies - 1st International Conference, ICAT 2019, Proceedings |
Editors | Miguel Botto-Tobar, Marcelo Zambrano Vizuete, Pablo Torres-Carrión, Sergio Montes León, Guillermo Pizarro Vásquez, Benjamin Durakovic |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 184-193 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030425197 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2020 |
Event | 1st International Conference on Applied Technologies, ICAT 2019 - Quito, Ecuador Duration: 3 Dec 2019 → 5 Dec 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Communications in Computer and Information Science |
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Volume | 1194 CCIS |
ISSN (Print) | 1865-0929 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1865-0937 |
Conference
Conference | 1st International Conference on Applied Technologies, ICAT 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Ecuador |
City | Quito |
Period | 3/12/19 → 5/12/19 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Abstemious
- Cluster analysis
- Ecuador
- University students