Peer Pressures and Substance Abuse
Social Factors that Influence Adolescence Substance Use
Cassie Boyd
Abstract In society, there are different factors that have different impacts on adolescents and substance use. Some of the factors have to do with biological factors such as gender and ethnicity and the types of impacts this has on societal expectations for them. The other influences are more based on relationships that an adolescent has, such as the relationship with friends and parents. There are also many internal struggle a child has in becoming a part of a group that will cause them to do things that they may not believe is right.
Introduction When it comes to social influence on substance use, there are many types of factors that people assume are the factors and what actually does. We know that peer pressure is such a crucial reason as to why adolescents begin to participate in things such as drugs and alcohol. Just how much to the extent is pressure from parents going to influence a child? It turns out that they have the opposite effect of what you think that it would have. There are factors such as gender and ethnicity that also plays their parts in who is more likely to begin substance use. What factors help a child stand up to peer pressure and go against conformity? A lot of these variables go along with the pressures of being in a group. Adolescents want to be in groups with a higher social status then everyone else. Popularity plays a big key factor in a way that if a child is more popular or is striving to be popular, they are at a high risk of substance use. As a society it is important to protect our youth, so that makes knowing the factors that going into substance important.
Gender
Which gender is more likely to conform to drinking and using alcohol? We see that adolescent boys are more likely to be seen talked into substance use. This is not to say that adolescent girls are not using drugs and drinking, or even less pressured, but it is just saying that boys are
Cassie Boyd
Abstract In society, there are different factors that have different impacts on adolescents and substance use. Some of the factors have to do with biological factors such as gender and ethnicity and the types of impacts this has on societal expectations for them. The other influences are more based on relationships that an adolescent has, such as the relationship with friends and parents. There are also many internal struggle a child has in becoming a part of a group that will cause them to do things that they may not believe is right.
Introduction When it comes to social influence on substance use, there are many types of factors that people assume are the factors and what actually does. We know that peer pressure is such a crucial reason as to why adolescents begin to participate in things such as drugs and alcohol. Just how much to the extent is pressure from parents going to influence a child? It turns out that they have the opposite effect of what you think that it would have. There are factors such as gender and ethnicity that also plays their parts in who is more likely to begin substance use. What factors help a child stand up to peer pressure and go against conformity? A lot of these variables go along with the pressures of being in a group. Adolescents want to be in groups with a higher social status then everyone else. Popularity plays a big key factor in a way that if a child is more popular or is striving to be popular, they are at a high risk of substance use. As a society it is important to protect our youth, so that makes knowing the factors that going into substance important.
Gender
Which gender is more likely to conform to drinking and using alcohol? We see that adolescent boys are more likely to be seen talked into substance use. This is not to say that adolescent girls are not using drugs and drinking, or even less pressured, but it is just saying that boys are
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