Families make a difference

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

11/06/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
1. Adolescent delinquent substance abuse.
2. Jennifer Butters's ?Family stressors and adolescent cannabis use: a pathway to problem use,?.
Scheer, Borden and Donnermeyer's paper ?The relationship between family factors and adolescent substance use in rural, suburban, and urban settings.?
1. Building competencies among individuals.
Nina Mounts's ?Parental management of adolescent peer relationship in context: the role of parenting style.?
1. Lack of parental involvement.
The current research on adolescent substance abuse.
Conclusion.

Abstract

Research suggests that adolescent delinquent substance abuse is one of the more prevalent social problems in the United States. I chose this topic because I have seen it among my own peers. Substance abuse is a problem regardless of race, class, ethnicity or gender among adolescents. In a study of illicit drug use among high-school seniors in 2000, 57% of all seniors reported using illegal drugs not including alcohol at least once since they began high school (2000, 413). From my own experiences, everyone I know has tried some form of illicit drug in their lives, and most have continued on to become habitual drug users with negative life outcomes including probation, jail time, and school failure. It is important then, to highlight the risk factors that lead to adolescent drug use and to stop them before they escalate into habitual use. According to current research, the family is one of the most important protective factors in preventing drug use and abuse among children. My purpose in this paper is to prove that negative family involvement, conflict, and added familial stressors increase the likelihood of substance abuse among adolescents. Thus, positive family involvement in the lives of adolescents is the key protective factor to consider in prevention and intervention programs for adolescent behavior problems and substance abuse