Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International 6th Forensic Nursing Congress, Erzurum, Türkiye, 16 - 18 Mayıs 2022
This study was conducted to draw
attention to the effect of adolescents' personality traits on substance use.
Despite all the precautions taken worldwide, it is seen that substance
addiction is increasing rapidly in adolescents. Adolescents are the group of
people most prone to addiction. adolescent individuals; Substance addiction,
which seriously affects physical, mental, psychological and social aspects, is
a public health problem. Adolescence is a critical period for substance use
prevention as individuals acquire habits that can potentially be sustained
throughout adulthood. The critical age for starting drug use coincides with
adolescence. Substance use is most common in young people between the ages of
18-25. During this period, adolescents; Has a strong tendency towards
experimentation, curiosity, sensitivity to peer pressure, rebellion against
authority, and low self-worth. This makes adolescents vulnerable to drug use.