Psychoactive Substance Use and Related Factors Among High Schools

dc.contributor.authorÇınar, Rugül Köse
dc.contributor.authorManay, Diğdem
dc.contributor.authorGörgülü, Yasemin
dc.contributor.authorSönmez, Mehmet Bülent
dc.contributor.authorVardar, Erdal
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T09:23:15Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T09:23:15Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Adolescence is considered to be the most risky period for experimenting with harmful substances. This study aims to determine the psychoactive substance consumption rates among all of the high school students in city center of Edirne, Turkey. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 8.483 high school students. The survey form used in the present study was compiled from questionnaires used in “The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs” study. Overall lifetime substance use, gender differences in substance preferences, students’ problematic behaviors and their ef- fects on the substance use ratios, reasons for substance usage, locations where the students use the substances and sources where the substances were obtained, how the substance use ratios were affected by user friends and relatives were the covered objects. Results: A total of 8402 school students aged 15-19 years completed the questionnaire, 53.0 % of which were females. Al- cohol was the most common substance used (24.6%), followed by tobacco (21.5%) and cannabis (1%). Frequency of other substances remained under 1%. Tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, ecstasy, inhalants, and cocaine usage were significantly higher in males. Having problematic behaviours were associated with the rise in substances usage. User friends were both the main reason of usage and the supplier of the substances. The main location where the students use substances were the streets. Discussion and Conclusion: Although frequencies of psychoactive substance usage among high school students of Edirne were found to be lower than most of the other locations all around the world, students’ problematic behaviours and risk factors were similar.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.14744/hnhj.2019.71677
dc.identifier.endpage64en_US
dc.identifier.issn2630-5720
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage58en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid489251en_US]
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14744/hnhj.2019.71677
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/489251
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/12555
dc.identifier.volume61en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofHaydarpaşa Numune Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titlePsychoactive Substance Use and Related Factors Among High Schoolsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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