Употребление психоактивных веществ как проявление аутоагрессии в подростковом возрасте

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of auto–aggressive behavior in adolescence. The main idea of the article is to consider the use of psychoactive substances by adolescents as manifestations of auto–aggression. The article presents a theoretical analysis of foreign and domestic psychological literature on the problem of auto–aggressive behavior. The analysis allowed to reveal the psychological characteristics of adolescence. The analysis we have given allowed to reveal the psychological characteristics of adolescence. Age–specific reasons contributing to the involvement of a adolescents in the process of psychoactive substance use are revealed. Auto–aggressive behavior is considered by the authors as one of the main reasons for the initiation of the use of psychoactive substances. By auto–aggressive behavior, the authors understand destructive, abnormal actions that are turned against themselves. Auto–aggressive behavior is considered by the authors of the article as a direct manifestation of the death instinct, since it leads to death. The article contains a description of the course of the experiment and research methods, analysis of the results of studying the relationship between auto–aggressive behavior and psychoactive substance use in adolescence. The aim of the study was to analyze the propensity to use of psychoactive substances, depending on the severity of auto–aggression. An empirical study of auto–aggressive behavior in adolescents makes it possible to consider the use of psychoactive substances in adolescence one of the manifestations of auto–aggression. It has been shown from our studies that the cause of addictive behavior in adolescence may be auto–aggressive behavior.