Motives to Consuming Dangerous Drugs of Adolescents in Western Province of Sri Lanka
Journal Title: International Journal of Research and Review - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Adolescents are the future of a country, a critical link between childhood and adulthood, characterized by significant physical, psychological and social transitions. Most dangerous drugs are mainly shown in positive attitudes on movies, advertisements, socially, etc. Literature revealed factors on adolescents taking dangerous drugs, which are media, schools, and peers. The objective of this study was to find any association between movies, demographic and socio factors of adolescents taking dangerous drugs. The sample was 101 randomly selected adolescents of public and private schools of Western Province of Sri Lanka. A self-administrated questionnaire was used for data collection. Both descriptive and inferential statistics used for data analysis. The Z-test and t-test test was used for hypothesis testing. The descriptive statistics indicated that, around 8% of adolescents have taken dangerous drugs, 9.9% of them take dangerous drugs because of friends and 2% of adolescents take dangerous drugs daily. Inferential statistics were obtained for proportion of adolescents who taken dangerous drugs. The results show that the proportion of males and females taking dangerous drugs are equal, and proportion dangerous drugs in public schools and private schools are also identical. In conclusion, the main influence for adolescents taking drugs is friends. There is no association between addiction of dangerous drugs and movies. Further, there is no significant association between gender and type of school and dangerous drugs. Results of this study can be used for policy and strategy development to prevent drug abuse of adolescents.
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Amarakoon A. A. N. R
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