title: [Scocial deviance and drug consumption (author's transl)].
abstract: On the basis of epidemiological and psychometric studies we have persued the question how social deviation and drug-consumption could cohere. According to our research the danger of a social deviation (drop out) is the greater the earlier the juveniles begin to take drugs, the more deranged are their original surroundings and the further advanced towards polytoxicomania is their drug abuse. The frequency of drug-consumption corresponds with the number of personal (especially interpersonal) conflicts. In an examination of 4082 20-year-old Swiss men (recruits) 80.2% of the drug-users admitted to have personal difficulties compared to 48.1% of those who take no drgus. 61.2% of the drug-consumers complained about psychic and somatic ailments compared to 33.8% of the drug-abstainers. Youngest and single children consumed drugs significantly more often than elder and eldest brothers and sisters (p less than 0.01). Socio- and psychodynamic backgrounds of the social deviation of drug-consumers are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004924:Escape Reaction; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007063:Identity Crisis; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Soziale Devianz und Drogenkonsum.