Monday, December 10, 2007
Predictors of Adolescent Substance Abuse - Risk-Taking Behavior
Adolescent drug abuse is associated with unconventionality, which includes risk-taking behavior (Steinberg, 2002). Unconventionality is experienced on both an individual level and an environmental level. As defined by Steinberg (2002), "Unconventional individuals are tolerant of deviance in general, are not highly connected to school or to religious institutions, and are very liberal in their social views." Concurrent with unconventionality is risk-taking behavior, which includes experimentation with drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and sex without contraception (Steinberg, 2002).
There are psychological, sociological, environmental, and biological factors involved in predicting adolescent drug use, assessing drug abuse, and determining a drug abuser's prognosis after treatment. Research on deviance and delinquency in all these areas is exhaustive. In each area (e.g., sociological, environmental, psychological, and biological) there are specific and general indicators of potential unconventional behavior associated with drug use.
There are psychological, sociological, environmental, and biological factors involved in predicting adolescent drug use, assessing drug abuse, and determining a drug abuser's prognosis after treatment. Research on deviance and delinquency in all these areas is exhaustive. In each area (e.g., sociological, environmental, psychological, and biological) there are specific and general indicators of potential unconventional behavior associated with drug use.
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People just need to watch their kids and their behavior. Signs of drug abuse are pretty clear. Sadly, many parents don’t know exactly WHAT to do with their kids and their drug problems so a lot of the time; they act in the WRONG way and react too harshly... That’s why I think the A&E show Intervention is so important. It demonstrates how difficult addiction can be and uses a highly qualified team of specialists to address the core issues. Check out http://www.aetv.com/intervention for more on the show. It really does a great job of showing what it takes to get on the road to recovery for some of the most difficult addictions and how it affects everyone involved. I’m working to help support the show because I think everyone needs to see what addiction can do to a family. A new episode airs every Monday night at 9:00 PM
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