Study on drug use and bullying among primary students in Costa Rica

Authors

  • Sandra Fonseca Chaves Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia
  • María Auxiliadora Ortega Bonilla Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia
  • Freddy Cubillo Otárola Ministerio de Educación Pública
  • Julio Bejarano Orozco Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21501/24631779.2056

Keywords:

Alcohol, Bulling, Primary Students, Tobacco, Information and Communication Technologies. (ICT).

Abstract

In this study the authors analyzed the situation of alcohol and other drug use in 4th, 5th and 6th grade students, as well as issues related to the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), intimidation and bullying in school population from four urban schools and four priority attention schools in the provinces of Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia and San José. The
survey was carried out between June and November 2013 in a sample of 537 students. The outcomes show an early onset of alcohol consumption, a significant use of ICT and the existence of situations known as cyber bullying and related problems such as bullying, which demonstrates the need for continuing efforts in the inter-agency level in order to preventing certain risk behaviors present in childhood.

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2016-06-24

How to Cite

Fonseca Chaves, S., Ortega Bonilla, M. A., Cubillo Otárola, F., & Bejarano Orozco, J. (2016). Study on drug use and bullying among primary students in Costa Rica. Drugs and Addictive Behavior, 1(2), 171–190. https://doi.org/10.21501/24631779.2056

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016)

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