Students’ Relationships With Peers and Teachers in the Context of Substance Use
Students’ Relationships With Peers and Teachers in the Context of Substance Use

Summary/Abstract: This article examines students’ relationships with their peers andteachers at school, exploring how these connections relate to ado-lescents’ use of psychoactive substances. The research was conduct-ed using a diagnostic survey and an original questionnaire, involving396 students aged 13 to 19 from primary, secondary, engineering,and vocational schools. The results revealed a significant relationshipbetween adolescents’ connections with their peers and teachers andtheir substance use. Specifically, the greater the intensity of substanceuse among adolescents, the weaker their relationships with teachersand peers. Conversely, stronger relationships with school staff andpeers were associated with fewer symptoms of alcohol and drug de-pendence. Academic performance, a mediating variable, played animportant role in the study. The mean academic performance scorescorrelated significantly with adolescents’ relationships with teachers.The findings indicate that stronger relationships with school staff wereassociated with higher academic achievement, whereas lower aca-demic performance correlated with higher levels of substance useamong adolescents.

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