Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): national overview 2018

Confidence About Making Choices

The majority of pupils of both age groups reported that they felt confident about their health and wellbeing choices. 

Figure 21: Proportion of pupils who felt confident about… (2018)

For the most part, feeling confident about health and wellbeing choices was associated with lower substance use behaviour. Pupils who felt confident were less likely to smoke regularly, have drunk in the last week or have used drugs in the last month. Only one element - confidence in knowing where to go for information and support - was not associated with substance use.