Young persons and consumption of addictive substances

Trend konzumacije alkohola kod mladih u stalnom je porastu, što zabrinjava i traži pozornost cijele društvene zajednice, posebice u pogledu prevencije. Roditeljski je dom mjesto prvih saznanja o navikama i kulturi pijenja alkohola, a roditeljske figure prvi uzori za identifikaciju. Mladi koji pretjerano konzumiraju alkohol često imaju složenu obiteljsku situaciju, a obrazac pijenja prvenstveno se razvija u vršnjačkim skupinama. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je dobiti uvid u povezanost percepcije roditeljskog prihvaćanja-odbijanja, vršnjačkog pritiska i nekih socio-demografskih obilježja (spol, bračni status roditelja, obrazovanje roditelja, subjektivnu procjenu dohotka obitelji) sa konzumacijom alkohola kod studenata 1. godine. Rezultati su pokazali kako ne postoji povezanost konzumacije alkohola sa percepcijom roditeljskog prihvaćanja-odbijanja, ali postoji povezanost konzumacije alkohola sa vršnjačkim pritiskom, što znači da češće konzumiraju alkohol oni studenti koji doživljavaju više vršnjačkog pritiska. No, percepcija roditeljskog prihvaćanja-odbijanja je važna jer je ona povezana sa vršnjačkim pritiskom, odnosno oni studenti koji doživljavaju veće odbijanje od roditelja, doživljavaju veći vršnjački pritisak. Što se tiče povezanosti socio-demografskih obilježja, rezultati su pokazali kako studenti piju češće od studentica, te se je važnim pokazao bračni status oca, obrazovni status majke i subjektivna procjena ekonomske situacije.
The trend of alcohol consumption among young people is in increasing and it seeks the attention of the entire community, especially in terms of prevention. Parental home is a place where young people has the first knowledge about habits and culture of drinking alcohol, and parents are first model for identification. Young people who drink too much alcohol often have a complex family situation and drinking model is primarily developed in peer groups. The aim of this study was to understand the connection between the perception of parental acceptance-rejection, peer preasure and some sociodemographic characteristic (gender, family structure, parent's education, subjective estimation of family income) with alcohol consumption at the freshmens. The results have shown that there is no correlation between alcohol consumption and the perception of parental acceptance-rejection, but there is correlation between alcohol consumption and peer preasure which means that freshmens who experience more peer preasure consume alcohol more frequently. However, the perception of parental acceptance-rejection is important because it is associated with peer preasure, so students who experience rejection from their parents, experience bigger peer preasure. Also, result shown that there is connection between sociodemographic characteristics and alcohol consumption, male students dring more often than female students and family structure, mother's educational status and the subjective estimation of family income are also important.