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Examining High School Students Attitudes Towards Addictive Substances

Author(s): Bülent Tansel
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Sociology, School education, Educational Psychology, Substance abuse and addiction, Sociology of Education
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: High School Students;Addictive Substances,Attitudes;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to examine whether the attitudes of high school students towards individuals who use addictive substances differ according to gender, age, school, recent report card, perceived achievement status, social support (hobby) status, and reasons for using addictive substances. The study group of the study consisted of 948 students, 432 (45.6%) female and 516 (54.4%) male students, who were studying in different high school types. The Socio Demographic Information Form and the Addictive Material Attitude Scale (BYMTO), developed by researchers, were used to collect data in the study. In the statistical analysis of the obtained data, "t-Test" for binary groups and one-way analysis of variance were used when the number of groups was doubled. Tukey was used as a pot-hoc test to determine which two groups resulted from the variance analysis. According to the findings obtained in the research; The attitudes of high school students towards addictive substances do not differ according to their genders. On the other hand, attitudes towards the addictive substances differ according to age groups, school tobacco, achievement score in the ranks, perceived achievement status and use reason. The obtained data have been discussed and interpreted in the light of the literature.

  • Issue Year: 10/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 1453-1472
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish