Evaluatıon of Substance Addıctıon Awareness of a Sports Hıgh School Students

Abstract

The aimed to evaluate the substance addiction awareness of senior high school students studying at a sports high school with socio-demographic variables. This study is descriptive relational research. In the study, all students studying in the last year constituted the sample without choosing the sample. 131 students who agreed to participate in the study formed the sample of the study. The data of the research were collected in the classroom environment. In the collection of data; Personal information form prepared by researchers and questioning socio-demographic characteristics and Substance Addiction Awareness Scale were used. Two independent samples t-test and One Way ANOVA test were used for normally distributed data. Results will be evaluated at 95% confidence interval and p<0.05 significance level. Students' substance addiction awareness scale help and legal regulations sub-dimension mean score is 19.69±3.93, substance use symptoms and effects sub-dimension mean score is 23.12±5.36, personal attitudes and opinions sub-dimension mean score is 16.08± 2.92, factors causing addiction sub-dimension mean score was 11.19±3.22, and total scale mean score was 21.36±4.32. In our study, students' substance addiction awareness levels were found to be below the average and low. In line with our study results, in terms of substance abuse awareness, girls, parents with primary school education, mothers with housewives and low income were included in the risk group.