청소년의 최초 비행경험 시기가 약물 남용에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of adolescents' initial drinking age and first smoking age on adolescents' drug abuse. Various prior studies have been conducted on violent delinquency such as school bullying in adolescents or status delinquency such as runaway, drinking, and smoking. However, there are relatively few previous studies on drug abuse in adolescents. Therefore, in this study, we would like to find out whether the causes of juvenile delinquency affect drug abuse, and in addition to this, we would like to analyze how the initial smoking and drinking age of adolescents affect. The survey data used for the analysis of this study are survey on ‘youth health behavior’. Secondary use of this data, an analysis is conducted on 54,848 adolescents. The SPSS 26.0 program was used to analyze the data. A T-test was conducted to identify the characteristics of the variables and analyze the relationship, and the causal relationship was verified through logistic regression analysis. Through this, we would like to identify the factors affecting drug abuse in adolescents and propose preventive measures related to this. The results of the study are summarized as follows. The lower the initial drinking age and the smoking age, the higher the possibility of drug abuse by 10.1% and 16.4%, respectively, and the lower the academic performance, the higher the possibility of drug abuse by 8.5%. These results are consistent with the results of previous studies that the earlier adolescents experience smoking, the more serious drug abuse becomes. Many previous studies have explained that adolescents' drinking and smoking do not end just in delinquency at that time, but lead to other problematic behaviors. However, if such misconduct leads to drug abuse, it should be considered a very serious problem. Drugs have characteristics that are difficult to escape on their own once they start. Therefore, a system that imposes an appropriate level of punishment on teenagers who purchase alcohol or cigarettes should be implemented, and it is necessary to prepare countermeasures such as rehabilitation treatment and pay attention.