Attitudes towards Substance Addiction: A Study of Turkish University Students

Autor/in	Sungu, Hilmi
Titel	Attitudes towards Substance Addiction: A Study of Turkish University Students
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 10 (2015) 7, S.1015-1022 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Addictive Behavior; Student Attitudes; College Students; Use Studies; Attitude Measures; Student Surveys; Negative Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Gender Differences; Intellectual Disciplines; Parent Background; Smoking; Drinking; Influences; Likert Scales; Demography; Cohort Analysis; Foreign Countries; Drug Addiction; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Benutzerschulung; Schülerbefragung; Negative Fixierung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geisteswissenschaften; Elternhaus; Rauchen; Trinken; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Likert-Skala; Demografie; Kohortenanalyse; Ausland; Drug dependence; Drogenabhängigkeit; Türkei
Abstract	Substance addiction has become one of the important issues in the world. The studies concerning substance use reveal the extent of the problem. According to the results of such studies, the number of the people using illicit drugs has increased profoundly in recent years. In this study, it was tried to find out how common substance use among Turkish university students. Moreover, it was aimed to determine the students' attitudes towards addicts. In order to measure the students' attitudes towards addicts, the revised version of "Attitude Scale towards Individuals with Drug Abuse Problems" developed by Tansel (2006) was used. Totally 572 university students responded the survey.The results showed that nicotine and alcohol were the substances most frequently used by the students. Besides, it was seen that university students' attitudes towards addicts were reasonably negative. What is more, it was determined in the study that, the students' gender, faculty that they attended, students class level, their parents educational backgrounds, students' smoking and drinking habits were the factors influencing the students' attitudes towards addicts. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01