Ambiente da escola e uso de substâncias psicoativas entre escolares de 12 a 17 anos no sul do Brasil

Abstract

Adolescence is a period marked by many transitions, in which the individual begins to develop greater autonomy in relation to parents and to establish new relationships with friends and with the school itself, thus being able to show risk behaviors, such as the first experiences with substances psychoactive (SCHENKER; MINAYO, 2005; TRINKNER et al., 2012). Therefore, the study that covers drug use among schoolchildren is justified by the magnitude of the occurrence of this type of behavior, which is confirmed in Brazil through epidemiological surveys. (CARLINI et al.,1991, 2010; CARLINI-COTRIM; BARBOSA, 1993; CARLINI-COTRIM et al., 1989; GALDURÓZ; NOTO; CARLINI, 1997; GALDURÓZ et al., 1994, 2005). From this perspective, Carlini et al. (2010), when interviewing Brazilian students from public and private schools between ten and nineteen years old, estimated the prevalence of consumption of illegal substances in life in 25.5% and alcohol in 60.5% of the students. The National Survey of School Health (PeNSE) interviewed students in the ninth year of elementary school - mostly aged between thirteen and fifteen years, from public and private schools - and found the use of illicit substances in 7.3% and alcohol in 66.6% of the participants. (HORTA et al., 2014; MALTA et al., 2014).