Analyzing the reasons for students&#039; substance use from the perspective of experts

ghasemzadeh, davood

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Analyzing the reasons for students' substance use from the perspective of experts

Davood Ghasemzadeh ^*

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Introduction: One of the issues that has always occupied the minds of policymakers, families and researchers in the field of social sciences is drug abuse. When this issue occurs in the education institution and among students, the need to address the issue becomes even more important. Therefore, the aim of the current research is the Social construction of drug abuse among high school students in Tabriz and its prevention strategies.
Method: The current research was conducted with a qualitative approach and the foundational data theory method. In this research, using a targeted sampling method, 35 key informants including (five sociological faculty, five psychology faculty, three school principals, five school counselors, two senior experts of Naja Prevention Deputy and five senior experts of the anti-narcotics headquarters (prevention police), three people from non-governmental organizations active in prevention in the province, four teachers, three students) were interviewed. The information obtained from the interviews have been analyzed using the Strauss and Corbin method. For this reason, the text of the interviews was checked line by line and after revision, the data were coded in an open, central and selective coding.
Findings: The categories extracted from the interviews of the participants of this research indicate that the fragility of the family institution, Unsafe family environment, Deficits in life skills and Freedom from the routine of life as causal conditions, the focus of the public sphere, despair about the future and the feeling of social inequality as interventional conditions. neglect of education in family and school, cultural poverty, incomplete socialization and changes in values are the field conditions in drug abuse among students. student ecology-based prevention, student-participatory prevention, and attention to dynamic leisure considered strategies to deal with drug abuse. In this research, after coding the interview findings with the participants, "prevention based on alternative methods with the family" was revealed as the central core.
Discussion: According to the words of the participants of this research, it can be said that the prevention of drug abuse must be consistent with the cultural and social contexts of the students' living areas. Preventive plans should be situation-oriented and based on the participation of students in these plans.

Article number: 6

Keywords: substance abuse, social structure, fragility of the family institution, public sphere isolation, neglect of education.

Type of Study: orginal |
Received: 2024/04/6 | Accepted: 2025/02/2

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