Abstract
Substance use
is; threatening the youth, costly to the economy and health, incurable chronic
disease. Recognized as the causative agent of chronic disease, substances are
also described as doping. In this study, information related to the substance
use of students from Kastamonu University are included. Methods: study was
conducted in three campuses. The universe was 12841 students educated during
2012-2013 academic year. The sample was collected from three campuses, selected
by randomly 10% of the universe, calculated as 1284, 1463 students were
reached. Was conducted in December 2014. "Attitudes and Behaviors Toward
Substance Use of University Students" survey was applied to the students.
Descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, percent, variance),
single-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, x2, ANOVA; Games-Howell post hoc was
used for analyzing. Conclusion: The substance heart by students mostly is
cannabis (n=1193). This was followed by heroin (n=1090), ecstasy (n=989) and
crack (n=872). First tried substances were cannabis (n=1219) and LSD (n=190).
Not knowing what it was trying are located on the third (n=22). Most of the
students have declared that they obtained the substances for first try from
someone they know, but not personal (n=154). That one of his friends (n=46),
buying from someone they did not know (n=11) and receiving older family members
(n=10) are followed. Almost all of the
students declared that they tried for the first time before the age of 15 for
all substances. Students generally tend to not declare their campuses. They were
statistically not significant between campuses (p>0.05).
References
- Esra DEMIRARSLAN, Zeynep ARABACI, Canan KAS GÜNER, Atila ÇAĞLAR
- Kastamonu University Fazil Boyner Health Nursing Department, 37100 Kastamonu Turkey Kastamonu University Tosya Vocational School, 37100 Kastamonu Turkey Kastamonu University Taşköprü Vocational School, 37100 Kastamonu, Turkey, Kastamonu University Faculty of Education Department of Elementary Science Education 37100 Kastamonu Turkey
Abstract
References
- Esra DEMIRARSLAN, Zeynep ARABACI, Canan KAS GÜNER, Atila ÇAĞLAR
- Kastamonu University Fazil Boyner Health Nursing Department, 37100 Kastamonu Turkey Kastamonu University Tosya Vocational School, 37100 Kastamonu Turkey Kastamonu University Taşköprü Vocational School, 37100 Kastamonu, Turkey, Kastamonu University Faculty of Education Department of Elementary Science Education 37100 Kastamonu Turkey
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| Publication Date | February 16, 2017 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: Volume 2 Issue: İssue 1 (1) - 2.İnternational Congress Of Forensic Toxicology |
