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The Incidence of Substance Abuse among Croatian High School Students
Slavko SAKOMAN
Zora RABOTEG-ŠARIĆ
Marina KUZMAN
Sažetak
The aim of the research was to examine the incidence and
characteristics of smoking tobacco, alcohol consumption and the
abuse of different types of drugs among Croatian youth. The
research was conducted on a representative sample (N=2 823)
of Croatian high school students. A comprehensive questionnaire
was devised for examining the frequency of smoking, alcohol
consumption and abuse of various drugs along with the
characteristics of the examinees and their families. The results
were analysed with regard to age and gender differences
regarding the frequency of substance abuse. During their lives
21.2% of high school students tried drugs, and a total of one
fourth of those who tried drugs did it by the age of fifteen. The
abuse of drugs is most widespread in the southern coastal area
of Croatia, and in the City of Zagreb and northern coastal area.
Within the month preceding the research, 62.2% of students
consumed alcohol, 47.1% had successively five or more drinks in
a day. Four fifths of the students smoked cigarettes once or twice
in their lives, half of them in the last month, and one third of
them smoke daily. Older students, as well as male students, use
substances more often. Younger generations start experimenting
with drugs, drinking alcohol and smoking regularly at an earlier
age. In the discussion the results are compared with data from
similar research in other European cities.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
19690
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Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2002.
Posjeta: 4.660 *