RELATİONSHİP BETWEEN SUBSTANCE MİSUSE AND DEPRESSİON AMONG ADOLESCENTS
Keywords:
substance use experience, addiction, depressionAbstract
Objective: The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between substance use experience and depression symptoms in second grade high school students.
Method: The questionnaire used in the research was developed by the researchers and the reliability value was analyzed. 350 students attending the second-grade high school participated in the survey by responding to the online questionnaire.
Results: The most common depressive symptoms among students are believing they must be perfect (61.4%); being nervous and angry (55.4%); feeling loneliness (59.7%); frequent crying (48.8%) and skepticism (46.8%). It is found that the adolescents who have experienced the substance are tend to commit suicide 5 times; hurt themselves deliberately or try to kill themselves 4.74 times; feel so guilty 2.70 times; feel unhappy, sad, depressed and low-spirited 2.16 times; the thought of being hurt or misbehaved by others 2.14 times more than the adolescents who have not experienced it.
Conclusion: In the research, the relationship between depression and substance dependence was shown and it was observed which substances constitute more risk for adolescents with depressive symptoms.
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