This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence rate and the attitude toward substance abuse in adolescent populations in Seoul. The data were collected from 3 academic and 3 vocational high school students by a questionnaire survey in 1992. Subjects surveyed for this study consisted of 10626 students ranging from 14 to 24 years of age (mean 17.6 years). In this study, adolescents tend to use the following substances in decreasing order of frequency : alcohol 78.7 %, smoking 29.9%, stimulant 14.7 %, sleeping pill 3.3 %, bond/thinner 1.6% and m arijuana 0.7%. Age o f onset to start substance abuse was highest at 3rd grade of middle school and 1st grade of high school. Authors investigated experience of previous substance uses and frequency of current substance abuse such as alcohol, smoking, marijuana, bond/thinner, it was found that there was higher tendency toward mixed drug abuse than single drug abuse. There were negative correlations between substance abuse and school life statisfaction. W hen we tried to com pare the result of this study and previous studies about substance abuse in adolesents, there were limitations of criteria and classification of substance abuse. Finally, Further school-based educations and epidemiological studies for controlling substance abuse in adolescents are recommended
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대상 및 방법
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