| Abstract [eng] |
The chosen topic is very important, because drug abuse has become popular among teenagers and personal reasons such as character divergencies when choosing drugs practically have not been investigated. It is important to investigate this topic, because knowing the divergences of teenagers' character and their connection with the consumption of drugs antidrugs prevention programmes can be effectively applied. Subject of investigation: The affect of divergences of teenagers' character and the knowledge about drugs on the consumption of drugs. Aim of investigation: To clarify the teenagers' knowledge about drugs and to identify character divergencies and how much these factors affect drugs consumption. Methods and the scope of investigation: Empyric methods: 1. to assess the teenagers' knowledge about drugs and their affect on health, a questionnaire was used to identify the psychosocial affect of drugs on teenagers 2. A test was used to identify the teenagers' character divergencies. 8, 9, 10, 11 class students were investigated. The respondents were chose at random. The chosen unit is a class of students. The town schools were chosen for the investigation.130 schoolchildren participated in the investigation, among them 66 girls and 64 boys. The questionnaire was anonymous. Questionnaire by A. Veryga, G. Sutkute, M. Dudonis (2000) to identify alcohol, smoking and drugs consumption popularity and affect on psychosocial status and a test by G. Shmishek (2002) to clarify the teenagers' character peculiarities and tendencies in shaping the character were used for the investigation. Based on the investigation results we can come to the conclusion that the character divergencies do not affect the consumption of drugs. Consumption of drugs makes people think about suicide. Teenagers' health depends on drugs. At the end of the paper prevention measures and recommendations are presented, advice is given to teachers and other people that surround the teenagers who have a problem of drug abuse. |
