Effects of Alcohol and Substance abuse in Adolescents
This focus group study aims to identify the causes of substance and alcohol abuse and the prevalence in both genders at their adolescence stages. A survey on sociodemographic characteristics, smoking cigarettes and substance abuse, and the effects on their performance, their involvement in various activities, and their general behavior is involved.
The article stipulates the commonness of the behaviors, such as substance abuse, that are in boys and girls in their adolescence stage, and the effects on the activities they are involved in, i.e., academic performances. According to this, neurological behavior would contribute to adolescents developing addictive behaviors. The methodology and analysis of data included sets forth the developments and any problematic behaviors that occur in a teenager at the puberty stage. Both substance and non-substance related abuse addictive behaviors are more likely to happen in the adolescent stage, and these age groups than in any other (Hammond CJ. et al., 2014). Anonymity involved in this study, assures the respondents of privacy in their responses, and this guarantees the researcher of honest answers.
Using this article in a research paper would be exceedingly useful since the method of study involved is so effective and can be seen in the results, which would be useful in making decisions.