Title: Factors in Childhood Drug and Alcohol Use: A Review of the Literature
Abstract: TOPIC. Drug and alcohol use in children. PURPOSE. To identify the prevalence of drug and alcohol use in children 12 and younger and the factors associated with this use. SOURCE. A review of the literature. CONCLUSIONS. The identified factors include: a) dijferences in use between boys and girls; b) influence of family members' drug and alcohol use; c) influence of peers; d) the child's self‐esteem; and e) the child's knowledge about drug and alcohol use. Awareness by child psychiatric nurses of the identified factors is crucial to prevent, assess, and treat the problem of drug and alcohol use by children.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Language: en
Type: review
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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