Prevalence of Substance Abuse among Korean Adolescents

Bae, Jeongyee; Choi, Sookhee

doi:2009.18.1.21

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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2009;18(1):21-30.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2009.18.1.21 Published online March 31, 2009.

Prevalence of Substance Abuse among Korean Adolescents

Jeongyee Bae¹, Sookhee Choi²

¹Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Inje University
²Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Public Health, Inje University

청소년의 물질남용 실태조사

배정이¹, 최숙희²

¹인제대학교 간호학과 부교수
²인제대학교 보건대학원 박사과정

Correspondence: Jeongyee Bae, Tel: 82-51-890-6823, Fax: 82-51-896-9840,
Email: jibai@inje.ac.kr

Received: 8 February 2009 • Revised: 10 March 2009 • Accepted: 10 March 2009

Abstract

Purpose
The objective of this study was to investigate the degree of substance use among Korean adolescents according to their sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and to identify the relationship between pa rents' and adolescents' substance use behavior.
Methods
This descriptive correlative study conducted visit-sur veys with organized questionnaires and sampled 5,940 middle school and high school students living in regional urban and rural areas. KOADAST-2 was used to measure the degree of substance use. Data collected was ana lyzed by t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients using SPSS/WIN 14.0.
Results
Findings revealed that: 1) the degree of substance use is higher in students who are male, high school seniors and whose friend or parents are involved in substance use; 2) substance use is prevalent in students with poor academic performance, high number of absences, and who have experienced running away, fighting, and at tempting suicide; 3) Pearson's correlation coefficients revealed a significant association between parents' sub stance use behavior and adolescent substance use behavior like drinking, smoking, and drug use.
Conclusion
Understanding the importance of psychosocial and behavioral adolescent characteristics, such as parental and social influences and academic performance, significantly affecting levels of substance use will be essential to develop preventive measures for adolescents.

Key Words: Adolescent; Substance abuse; Drinking; Smoking

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