Family risk factors in drug use and its relationship with adolescent’s antisocial behavior. health district 09d08. 2019
Journal Title: Más Vita - Year 2020, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Drug use and adolescents’ antisocial behaviors are a social and public health problem that seriously affects most countries and Ecuador is no exception, since it requires immediate preventive actions and health promotion.Objective: To determine the family risk factors in drug use and their relationship with adolescents’ antisocial behaviors in in the 09D08 district. HEALTH. 2018 -2019.Materials and methods: This research was carried out under the positivist paradigm with a quantitative approach. The research modality is descriptive, non-experimental, and cross-sectional. The population consisted of 234 adolescents and the sample 177. The technique used was the survey and its instrument the questionnaire, consisting of 59 items.Results: 74% of adolescents present a low family economy, 57% of adolescents indicate manifestations of abuse, neglect and abandonment within their family environment. The 53% of adolescents consumed alcohol each month, while 28% did so each week and 20% daily and 69% of adolescents admit to stealing, things or money.Conclusions: it was found that the main influencing factors are abusive,violent and permissive family environments. Adolescents during the focus group session, manifested the family situation influenced their antisocial behaviors and drug use
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Cassandra Carolina Hidalgo Candell
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