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KMID : 0870519980020010044
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
1998 Volume.2 No. 1 p.44 ~ p.54
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Characteristics of High School Student Drug Abusers
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Kim Kyung-Bin
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Abstract
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The author studied characteristics of 54 boy drug addicts and 20 girl drug users of high school students. The results
were as follows：1) Rates of drug use such as inhalants； 14.6% of boy and 8.7% of girl high school students. 2) Rats
of drug addicts among high school students；6.8% of boy and 1.2% of girl high school students. 3) Rates of problem
drinking father；37.6% of drug addict boy students and 10.7% of drug use girl students. 4) Friendship (boy/girl)； meet many friends after school finish (68.5/50%), meet many opposite sex friends (48.2/40%). 5) School and private lifes
(boy/girl)；5-1) Characteristics of school life；dislike schooling (37/35%), arrest experience to police (81.4/40%).
5-2) Characteirsitcs of out of school life；runaway experience (64.8/50%) 5-3) Attitude to opposite sex friends；prefer
feeling good or charming opposite sex friends (59.3/35%), expect opposite sex friends who can compensates past suffering (55.6/40%), willing to tolerate bad behavior of opposite sex friends (33.3/10%), willing to terminate bad behavior of opposite sex friends (16.7/60%). 6) Personal characteristics； hopelessness about future (59.3/55%), complete personality
change from good character to bad (55.6/30%), intolerable if can’t immediate gratification (55.6/45%), depressed and
frustrating tendency if can’t do I want (53.7/75%), tendency to angry outburst and explosion (48.1/55%). 7) Values (boy/
girl)；7-1) Personal obligating values about family as a child；must complies to others (61.1/60%), must adjust to situations (59.3/75%), must try to efforts not disturb family image (57.4/50%), must work hard (35.2/20%), must not notify
own mood (35.2/20%). 7-2) Consequencies of dysfuntional family. Psychologically, can’t express inner feeling (46.3/35%)
can’t relax by playing (42.6/50%), continue to unhealthy relationship (33.3/20%). Behaviorally, smoking (74.1/60%),
over expences (51.9/40%), over eat (40.7/40%), over sleep (37.0/55%), over exercise (35.2/10%), over drinking (33.3/
10%). 8) General health；Physically, frequent tireness and suffering (64.8/80%) frequent flue and not prompt heling (48.1/ 50%), frequent coughing and heavy sputum (68.5/45%), frequent dyspnea (59.3/60%), fatigue (64.8/80%), skin itching
(57.4/50%), loss of appetite (46.3/40%), indigestion (38.9/63%). Psychologically, change day to night life (31.5/25%) depression (29.6/55%), anxiety (31.5/55%), suicidal idea (31.5/60%), not clear thinking (35.2/70%), blackout (38.9/50%). 9) Parent relating；9-1) Parenting attitude. From father, less concern (29.6/40%), love (38.9/35%) and respect (27.8/20%). From mother, scolding (55.6/85%), control (20.4/25%). From both parents, more allowance from both parents (father；31.5/20%, mother；37/35%). 9-2) Negative life attitude of parents. From father, family disruption by drinking (37.1/35%), domestic violence (27.8/35%), extra marital affairs (18.5/15%), pathological gambling (18.5/10%). From mother, domestic violence (25.9/30%), family disruption by drinking (24.1/10%), extra marital affairs (14.8/10%), pathological gambling (14.8/5%). 9-3) History of addiction related familial dysfunction. Not good growing environments of parents (35.2/25%), early parental loss during early childhood (16.7/15%), familial drinking problem history (27.8/20%), familial history of extramarital affairs (14.8/15%), familial gambling problem (7.4/0%).
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KEYWORD
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Drug abuse, High school students
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