Risk Taking Behaviour in Adolescence

Adolescence is a period of respect and unstable adjustment, and children go beyond adulthood (Casey, 2008). In puberty, there are testable changes in every area of ​​life. These changes occur when experiencing adolescent young people, psychological changes that show high emotional responses, and peak times of social development (Casey, 2008). Young people are more likely to behave more dangerously than adults and children, after that they are likely to lead to sexually transmitted infections due to drunk driving, weapon carrying, illegal drug use, and unprotected sex and teen pregnancies There is (Eaton, 2006).

Background: The use of alcohol, tobacco and other substances is one of the most important dangerous behaviors among junior high school students and young people. The purpose of this research was to decide knowledge, attitudes and practices of students in Lagos Junior High School in Nigeria. METHOD: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study using multi-step sampling method to select 400 participants. Data was collected using semi-structured pretested interviewer-managed questionnaires. The average age of the results was 13.8 ± 1.9 years. More than 50% know the meaning of drug abuse, the risk of drug misuse, the legal status of drug abuse. Many respondents expressed a positive opinion on the use of illegal drugs (58.5%). The main medicines students use are coffee and analgesics, but Indian hemp, alcohol, and tobacco are abused.

The harmful effects of adolescent risk taking behavior such as violence and drug abuse are well documented. A promising way to prevent dangerous behavior is to deal with the precedents found during childhood, such as childhood behavior. It improves the trajectory of development accordingly. Problem behavior in childhood is divided into two fields. The first word "externalization" is characterized by aggression, lack of management, and manufacturing problems, the second term "internalization" includes patterns of shyness, anxiety and suppression. The externalization model of children, especially boys, proved to be more serious in antisocial behavior (such as adolescence and early violence and crime in adults), but the question of externalization and internalization of children is Experience and subsequent drug abuse episodes. Severity is related.

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