The point of view of 9th year students of elementary school Simon Jenko Kranj about the use of illegal and legal drugs

Dida Debeljak (2014) The point of view of 9th year students of elementary school Simon Jenko Kranj about the use of illegal and legal drugs. Diploma thesis.

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Abstract

In this degree I deal with the comparison of view-points regarding illegal and legal drugs among pupils in 9th grade. In this research I will focus on tobacco, marihuana, heroin and pills which effect mentality. The empirical part of the thesis in based on these differences. In theoretical part I'm defining the definition of view-points, their characteristics and functions, and I also focus on the source of unfounded view-points. Then I focus on protective and risk factors for using drugs and then on drugs and their classification. Very important for my research is also the chapter of the drugs and sex, so how does the sex category influences the view-points of illegal and legal drugs. In the conclusion I look at the influence of parent’s education on these factors. Empirical part involves sixty pupils in 9th grade of the Simon Jenko Kranj Primary School in the age from 13 to 15. The research has shown that the general opinion about the legal drugs is about being less harmful, addictive and stigmatizing than illegal drugs. Furthermore, parent’s influence is regarding the negative standpoints toward legal drugs and the sex has no influence on view-points toward legal drugs but it has regarding illegal drugs. And for the end I can conclude that the education of parents has an influence on their children developing positive or negative view-points regarding legal but not also illegal drugs and that the place of residence does not influences the frequency of adolescents using drugs.

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