INFLUENCE OF WAR AND POST-WAR EVENTS ON HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS’ RISKY BEHAVIOURS

Autori:

MARIJANA JAKIĆ, ZDENKA JARIĆ-KLINOVSKI, VESNA LEKO, MARKO JAKIĆ

Sažetak
Rizična ponašanja mladih plod su osobina pojedinca i utjecaja na njega njegovih roditelja, dominantnih prijatelja i zbivanja u društvu. U ovom radu ispitivana su rizična ponašanja srednjoškolaca (pu{enje cigareta, uporaba alkohola i droga te seksualna aktivnost) i eventualna veza tih rizičnih ponašanja s ratnim (gubitak jednog i/ili obaju roditelja, drugog člana bliže obitelji, promjena životne sredine) i s poslijeratnim zbivanjima (gubitak zaposlenja jednog i/ili obaju roditelja). U tu svrhu anketirano je 1009 učenika (ženskih 42,22% i muških 57,78%) završnih razreda pet općih i četiriju strukovnih srednjih škola, u dobi od 15 do 19 godina (17,50±0,70 godina), 5 godina nakon završetka ratnih zbivanja. Prema 2-testu srednjoškolci koji su zbog ratnih zbivanja promijenili mjesto boravka, za razliku od srednjoškolaca koji to nisu učinili, samo su značajno češće uzimali alkohol ( 2-test=5,34; p<0,01). Srednjoškolci koji su zbog ratnih zbivanja izgubili jednog ili oba roditelja ili drugog člana bliže obitelji, prema 2-testu, nisu statistički značajno češće pušili ( 2-test=0,004; p>0,05), uzimali alkohol ( 2-test=0,04; p>0,05) ili drogu ( 2-test=0,03; p>0,05), a niti je više njih bilo seksulano aktivno ( 2-test=0,09; p>0,05). Na njihova rizična ponašanja značajan utjecaj nije imao ni gubitak stalnog zaposlenja jednog ili obaju roditelja ( 2-test pušenje =1,26, p>0,05; 2-testalkohol =0,01, p>0,05; 2-testdroga =1,26, p>0,05; 2-testseksualna aktivnost =2,97, p>0,05). Na osnovi rezultata dobivenih u radu zaključujemo da su ratna i poslijeratna zbivanja samo djelomično utjecala na rizična ponašanja kasnijih srednjoškolaca. Moguće je da je to zbog kratkoće trajanja ovih zbivanja i zbog posebne motiviranosti potencirane njima.
Summary

Summary. Risky behaviour of young people is related to their individual features as well as to the influence of parents, dominant friends and social circumstances. This paper presents results of a survey on highschool students risky behaviours (smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, sexual activity) in respect with war events (loss of one or both parents, or of another close relative, moving) and post-war events (loss of job of one or both parents). Five years after the war had ended, 1009 students of the last class of 5 gymnasiums and 4 trade schools (girls 42.22%, boys 57.78%) aged from 15 to 19 years (17.50±0.70 years) were examined. The students who had moved because of war events consumed alcohol more frequently than those who had not changed the place of living (χ2-test=5.34; p<0.01). Those students who experienced a loss of a parent, or of both parents, or of another close relative for the war reasons, were not found to behave more riskily in respect with smoking (χ2-test=0.004; p>0.05), alcohol (χ2-test=0.04; p>0.05) and drug abuse (χ2-test=0.03; p>0.05), nor sexual activity (χ2-test=0.09; p>0.05). Neither the loss of job of one or both parents had an influence on the risky behaviours (χ2-testsmoking=1.26, p>0.05; χ2-testalcohol abuse=0.01, p>0.05; χ2-testdrug abuse=1.26, p>0.05; χ2-testsexual activity=2.97, p>0.05). The results obtained indicate only a partial influence of the war and the post-war events on the risky behaviours in highschool students. The reason for such low influence could be found perhaps in a relatively short duration of those events, or on the special motivations provoked by them.

Volumen: 11-12, 2003

Liječ Vjesn 2003;125:301–304

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