Relationship between propensity to victim behavior and the risks of substance use in adolescents

Abstract

The work is aimed at studying the propensity of adolescents to victim behavior and the risks of substance use. The materials of an empirical study obtained on a sample of secondary school students (n=153, age 12-16 years, 44% were female) are presented. The study included two stages: the first –to identify the relationship between the predisposition to the use of surfactants by adolescents and the propensity to victim behavior, and the second –to identify differences in personal profiles that determine the predisposition to addictive behavior in adolescents with different levels of victimization. The methodology of the study the tendency to victimization behavior, psychodiagnostic questionnaire "Narcotic". It was found that an increase in the predisposition to the use of surfactants in adolescents with personality traits corresponding to antisocial and conformal profiles is accompanied by an increase in the risks of forming aggressive and autoaggressive types of victim behavior. The significance of the data obtained for improving psychoprophylactic measures aimed at both reducing the risks of using surfactants and preventing the formation of victim behavior in adolescents is noted.

Keywords

• victim behavior
• psychoactive substances
• propensity to use
• personal profile
• adolescence