Adolescence and the consumption of psychoactive substances: the impact of the socioeconomic status.
Recent studies have pointed that it is necessary to define the impact of specific dimensions of the social-economic context that can work as risk factors regarding drug addiction. This study aimed to verify potential relationships between the drug addiction during adolescence and the social-economic level. A total of 568 adolescents participated in this study answering an anonymous self-filled questionnaire. The analyses involved the description of the variable distribution in the sample and statistical analyzes to determine the differences found. Contrary to the common sense, adolescents from the higher social classes presented a significant higher perceptual of alcohol, tobacco, weed and solvent consumption when compared to their counterparts from lower social classes. These data suggest the importance of studies that seek to clarify the possible influences of the social-economic status on the consumption of drugs among adolescents.
Pratta
Elisângela Maria Machado
EM
Departament of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Philophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. emmppsic@scl.terra.com.br
dos Santos
Manoel Antônio
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs