PARENTS' ESTIMATION ABOUT ILLINES OF DEPENDENCE AT PUPILS Cover Image

МИШЉЕЊА РОДИТЕЉА О БОЛЕСТИМА ЗАВИСНОСТИ КОД ЊИХОВЕ ДЕЦЕ
PARENTS' ESTIMATION ABOUT ILLINES OF DEPENDENCE AT PUPILS

Author(s): Blagoje Nešić, Jelisaveta Todorović
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: Risky Behavior; Smoking; Alcohol and Drugs

Summary/Abstract: On the most significant health, psychological and social problem, of contemporary school, is the spread of illnes of dependence at pupils. The level of use of tabbacco, alcohol and drug in time has become lower. The goal of our research was to investigate how parents evaluate the presence of risky behavior, within these cathegories, - at their children attending primary school. The research was done in five primary school in Nis, samples 380 parents in the period of 1998-2000. The research showed that, according to parents' estimations, less than 1% of children use drugs, drink alcohol or smoke. Majority of parents convince their children that such a behavior is very harmful and dangerous. Some of the parents said that they didn't have such problems so they did not discuss about them. The conversation of the dangers of use of drugs is inevitably connected to the problem of AIDS. A great number of parents is not informed enough or they do not talk about this disease and the ways of its spreading willingly with their children.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 307-317
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian