J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.  2007 Nov;14(4):524-535.

A Study on the Risk of Drug Use by Male Adolescents

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nursing, Daegu Haany University, Korea. hyunmi@dhu.ac.kr
  • 2Dalseonggun Mental Health Center, Korea.
  • 3Daegu Polytechnic College, Korea.
  • 4Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose was to identify the risk of drug use by adolescents. METHOD: The participants were 933 male students in the first grade of a high school in D city. The data were collected from Aug. 5th to Oct. 30th, 2004. The instrument was the High Risk Group Adolescent Drug User Screening Test (HIRIGADUST) developed by the Korea Adolescent Society (1996). The data were analyzed using SPSS.
RESULTS
For substance use, 64.5% of the students answered that they had drunk, 40.3% that they had smoked, and 2.0% that they had tried drug use. For scores on HIRIGADUST regarding socio-demographic characteristics, there were significant differences depending on school type, personality, academic performance, economic status, and ability to talk with parents. For scores on HIRIGADUST regarding drug using-related characteristics, there were significant differences depending on drinking experience, frequency of drinking, amount of alcohol intake, smoking experience and number of cigarettes smoked. Of the students 27.2% students were in the high risk group.
CONCLUSION
In schools, systematic and intensive assessment of drug use should be done, and if needed, a service system connected to clinics specializing in drug addiction should be established. Prevention education should be carried out continuously.

Keyword

Adolescent; Substance-related disorder

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Drinking
Drug Users
Education
Humans
Korea
Male*
Mass Screening
Parents
Smoke
Smoking
Substance-Related Disorders
Tobacco Products
Smoke
Full Text Links
  • JKAFN
Actions
Cited
CITED
export Copy
Close
Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Similar articles
Copyright © 2024 by Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors. All rights reserved.     E-mail: koreamed@kamje.or.kr