Abstract

GRIGORAVICIUS, Marcelo; BRADICHANSKY, Laura  and  NIGRO, Vanina. Consumption of psychoactive substances in school children between 8 and 12 years. Provisional results of a non-clinic population. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2012, vol.29, n.3, pp.592-615. ISSN 0123-417X.

The study explores the use of legal and illegal psychoactive substances in school children between 8 and 12 years of age. Also surveyed the attitudes, values and beliefs about the use of those substances. Methodology: Sample: children attending a school located in a southern suburbs party, in 2010. n = 63, males = 19, female = 44. CORIN was administered (Risk Behavior in Children) and a sociodemographic data protocol. Results and conclusions: It is observed in 21% of the sample the occasional consumption of alcoholic beverages. Recording increased tolerance of children to the consumption of legal substances, against to illegal. Occasional use of alcohol among children seems to be associated with situations of loss in the family context. The first consumer experiences have been made in the family. We conclude that the occasional consumption of alcohol is already present in children as young as 8 years old. These results should be considered provisional and suggest the need to continue investigating this problem in children of that age range.

Keywords : psychoactive substances; alcohol; children.

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