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- Title
PERCEPÇÃO DO RISCO ASSOCIADO AO CONSUMO DE ÁLCOOL, TABACO E DROGAS.
- Authors
del Castillo, José A. García; Cordeiro, Andreia
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to know the attitudes and opinions on the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and drugs, in students of the secondary education of the city of Bragança, aged between twelve and fifteen years. The Individuals who formed the sample attended the seventh, eighth and ninth years of schooling in a total of 62 pupils of both genders. The results showed that for consumption of alcohol, tobacco and drugs 6.25% of the respondents regularly consume alcohol, 12.5% smoke habitually and 8.33% consume drugs. Through the procedures carried out we conclude that the 'no consumers' are the ones who had present a bigger perception of the risk associated with the consumption of these substances. We can also verify that the experimentation of the substances is initiated each time more precociously. One of the possible causes of these results could be the lack of information about the consequences of consumption of these substances, or the vulnerability of the adolescents in yielding to the experimentation of the same ones.
- Subjects
ALCOHOL drinking; ALCOHOLIC beverages; TOBACCO; SMOKING; DRUG abuse; SUBSTANCE abuse; HIGH school students; TEENAGERS; RISK assessment
- Publication
Health & Addictions / Salud y Drogas, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1578-5319
- Publication type
Article