Erdamar, Gürcü Gazi Üniversitesi - Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , Kurupınar, Abdülhamit Bartın Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi., Turkey

The Habit of Drug Addiction and Prevalence Among the Secondary School Students: Sample of Bartın City

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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence level of drug addiction habit seen in the secondary school students. The study group was a total of 545 students attending in secondary schools in Bartın who were randomly selected from each grade level. A questionnaire developed by the researchers was used as data collection tool. According to the results obtained in this study, it was identified that 61.8% (n=337) of the secondary school students in Bartın never smoked, 10.8% of the students(n=59) tried smoking only once; whereas 27.4% of the students (n=149) were continuous smokers. Also, it was determined that 35.2% of the students (n=192) used alcohol at least once, and 24.4% of them (n=131) still continued to use alcohol at regular intervals. Additionally, a statistically significant difference was found between smoking and alcohol use and gender; grade level and having friends who are addicted to drugs; smoking and the school type and being self-satisfied.

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Adolescent , Drug addiction , Habit

Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Social Sciences

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