Risk behavior in adolescent students in Santiago de Chile Conductas de riesgo en adolescentes escolares de Santiago de Chile.
Author
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Florenzano,
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Pino,
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Marchandón,
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2019-01-29T14:52:58Z
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2019-01-29T14:52:58Z
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1993
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Revista medica de Chile, Volumen 121, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 462-469
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00349887
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/161144
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Aiming to measure the prevalence of risky behaviors, familial disturbances and their interrelations, a probabilistic sample of 1904 teenagers (aged 15.5 +/- 1.8 years, 42% male) was surveyed using and anonymous and self applied questionnaire. Fifty two percent of the sample smoked, 54% consumed alcohol, 12.5% marihuana, 3.2% amphetamines, 2.3% cocaine, 0.8% inhalants and 5.3% other drugs. Thirty two percent smoked frequently (monthly, weekly or daily); frequent alcohol, marihuana, amphetamines, cocaine and other drug consumption was found in 15.5, 5, 1.4, 0.4 and 1.4% of the sample. Substance abuse, except cigarette smoking was more prevalent among males. Substance abuse was more frequent among people over 15 years old. As to unsociable behaviors, 24% of teenagers referred vandalism in the last 24 months, 44% individual aggressions and 14% robbery. Twenty nine percent had school absenteeism. Parental separation, psychiatric treatments and treatments for alcoholism were present in 22, 6