Annual of social work, Vol. 21 No. 1, 2014.
Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v21i1.9
ASSESMENT OF RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AIMING AT PREVENTION OF BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Anela Nikčević- Milković
; Odjel za nastavničke studije Gospić, Sveučilište u Zadru, Gospić, Hrvatska
Andreja Rupčić
; Gospić gymnasium, Gospić, Croatia
Abstract
Within the City of Gospić the Communities That Care (CTC) Model is being implemented; development, implementation and evaluation of the Model for preventing the behavioural disorder within the community. Within the Model's framework, research on the assessment of the risk and protective factors of the behavioural disorders among youth within the City of Gospić area has been conducted and divided into the four domains: 1) the community 2) the family, 3) school and 4) peers/individual in accordance with the modified Croatian version of the children and youth CTC Questionnaire by Mihić, Novak & Bašić (2010). The research was conducted with 281 children between ages of 15 to 18 from two City of Gospić high schools. The most pronounced risk factors within this community were: a) trends that support consumption of drugs, b) laws and the norms that support drug consumption, c) trends that support antisocial behaviour, d) disarrangement within the community, e) poor academic records, f) rebelliousness and g) easy access to drugs. The most pronounced risk factors tied to the family were: a) trends where parents are supporting the drug consumption, b) trends where parents support the antisocial behaviour, c) conflict within the family, and d) poor discipline within the family. The most pronounced risk factors connected with friends and the school were: a) low school commitments and b) friends that consume drugs. The most pronounced protective factors drawn out from all four domains were: a) the opportunities within the community for the prosocial inclusion, b) the awards within the community for supporting the prosocial inclusion, c) religiousness, d) the opportunities within schools for the prosocial inclusion, e)the awards within schools for supporting the prosocial inclusion, f) belief in the moral order, g) befriending peers that support prosocial behaviour and h) attachment to the family. More so, youth within this local community were mostly addicted to alcohol, tobacco and painkillers. Based on the research results, the guidelines for the particular investment in prevention within this local community were defined.
Keywords
communities that care; risk and protection factors; prevention and intervention; youth
Hrčak ID:
128003
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Publication date:
16.6.2014.
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