Drug and Alcohol Abuse Student Survey

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SECTION A

Demographics

Age
Relationship status
Year of study
Faculty of registration
Residence while at university
Are you currently living away from home/your parent(s) for the first time?
Source of funding

SECTION B

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Self-Report Version:
Because alcohol use can affect your health and can interfere with certain medications and treatments, it is important that we ask some questions about your use of alcohol. Your answers will remain confidential so please be honest.

How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?

Indicate the frequency with which the following apply to you.

How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
How often during the past 12 months [GH1.1]have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you have started?
How often during the past 12 months have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?
How often during the past 12 months have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?
How often during the past 12 months have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
How often during the past 12 months have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because of your drinking?
Have you or someone else ever been injured because of your drinking?
Has a relative, friend, doctor or health care worker ever been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

SECTION C

The Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) provides a comprehensive screening tool for drug use problems across various substance categories, excluding alcohol and tobacco. Your answers will remain confidential so please be honest.

 Please examine the following information that clarifies what is termed as a ‘drug’ in the context of this study.

 

How often do you use drugs other than alcohol?
How often do you use more than one type of drug on the same occasion?
How many times do you take drugs on a typical day when you use drugs?

Indicate the frequency with which the following apply to you.

How often are you influenced heavily by drugs?
Over the past 12 months, how often have you felt that your longing for drugs was so strong that you could not resist it?
Over the past 12 months, how often have you not been able to stop taking drugs once you started?
How often over the past 12 months have you taken drugs and then neglected to do something you should have done?
Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily / Almost daily How often are you influenced heavily by drugs? Over the past 12 months, how often have you felt that your longing for drugs was so strong that you could not resist it? Over the past 12 months, how often have you not been able to stop taking drugs once you started? How often over the past 12 months have you taken drugs and then neglected to do something you should have done? How often over the past 12 months have you needed to take a drug the morning after heavy drug use the day before?
How often over the past 12 months have you had guilt feelings or a bad conscience because you used drugs?
Have you or anyone else ever been hurt (mentally or physically) because you used drugs?
Has or a friend, a doctor or a nurse, or anyone else ever been worried about your drug use or said to you that you should stop using drugs?

SECTION D Antisocial [behaviour]

Answer the following questions regarding your behaviour. Your answers will remain confidential so please be honest.
 
Have you ever avoided paying for things such as movies, bus, train, and/or food?
Have you ever been drunk in a public place?
Have you ever been loud, rowdy, disorderly, or unruly in a public place?
Have you ever stolen or tried to steal a motor vehicle such as a car or motorcycle?
Have you ever carried a weapon other than a plain pocketknife?
Have you ever used or tried to use credit cards without the owner’s permission?
Have you ever made obscene telephone calls (such as calling someone and saying dirty things)?
Have you ever snatched someone’s purse or wallet or picked someone’s pocket?


Have you ever purposely set fire to a building, car, or other property?
Have you ever broken into a vehicle or building to steal something?
Have you ever used a fake form of identification?
Have you ever skipped school (truancy)?
Have you ever stolen an item from a shop?
Have you ever vandalised any property?
Have you ever attacked someone with the intent of seriously hurting or killing the person?
Have you ever deliberately injured your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend (e.g., hit, knocked down, choked, beat, and/or cut them)?
Have you ever had or tried to have sexual relations with someone against their will?
Have you ever threatened to hit one of your parents or teachers or person of authority?
Have you ever hit one of your parents or teachers or person of authority?
Have you ever used force or strong-arm methods to get money or items from someone?
Have you ever been involved in a physical fight?
Have you ever committed minor infringements such as having your feet on the seat while on public transport or smoking in areas in which it is prohibited?

SECTION D Acquiring of the alcohol and drugs

On the last occasion that you sourced / accessed alcohol or drugs (for recreation/non-medicinal purposes) from which of the following sources did you get it?

Bought from a friend/classmate
Received free from a friend/classmate
Bought from someone I didn’t know well (dealer/stranger)
Bought online (social media, WhatsApp, Telegram, website)
Got from family member (with/without permission)
Purchased from a bottle store/liquor shop
Purchased from a tavern/bar/club
Bought from informal trader/shebeen
Took from someone without permission
Other
On the last occasion that you acquired alcohol, non-prescription drugs/pills or prescription drugs, from where did you pick it up?
Have you ever had alcohol or drugs in your possession on campus?
If YES to above, who physically brought it onto campus
If YES to second last, were any concealment methods used when bringing it onto campus?

 

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