| Autor: |
Olarte-Olarte María Francisca, Leyva-Benavides Alison Tatiana, Blanco Olga Lucía, Espinosa Aranzales Ángela Fernanda |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Ciencias de la Salud, Vol 10, Iss Especial Toxicology, Pp 101-11 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1692-7273 |
| Popis: |
This investigation characterized families of adolescents experimenting with psychoactive substances(PAS) consumption. Materials and methods: For this purpose, a qualitative study witha hermeneutical emphasis was conducted among a population of adolescents between the agesof 12 and 17 who have experimented with PAS. Semi-structured interviews were conductedwith patients and their families employing a flexible protocol of 14 categories. Results: The findingsshowed low levels of family cohesion and sense of family identity, inconsistency betweeneducational patterns followed by the parents, as well as deficient parental support. Similarly,the findings indicate significant peer influence during the first stages of consumption of illegalsubstances. In this regard, the findings suggest that more than providing physical satisfaction,consumption represents a form of acquiring prestige and social position while granting a sensationof psychological, emotional and social well-being. Conclusions: Parental influence wasalso found considerable in regarding the consumption of legal PAS, like alcohol and tobacco. Thestudy identified as a high-priority need to promote and incorporate communication and conflictresolution skills within the family dynamics by means of prevention and monitoring programs.Those skills and programs would be aimed at providing parents of adolescents experimentingwith PAS consumption with new educational tools to orientate new raising guidelines so as torespond appropriately to the problems identified in this study. |
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