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Competence skills in avoiding drug abuse

Written by Juvin Ang on 5:50 AM

Competence skills, such as good self management and positive psychological characteristics are best way for teen to prevent teen substance abuse over the long term, even if their friends smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs.

That is the final result of study researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
According to the research, substance abuse by friends is one of the major influences that lead teens into substance abuse themselves.

The duration of this study is about three-year, involve almost 1,500 predominately Hispanic youngsters at 22 inner-city middle and junior high schools in New York City.

Again, according the research that students with high refusal assertiveness skills (they say "no" when someone asks them to drink, smoke, or use drugs) were less likely to use multiple substances (cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana), even if the students' friends or siblings smoked, drank and used drugs.

What I can learn from this article is that self-management is very important, if an individual person able to manage this, or has good Competence skills than they will never get drug abuse or substance abuse.

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  1. 1 comments: Responses to “ Competence skills in avoiding drug abuse ”

  2. By lauran on October 30, 2008 10:46 PM

    I feel that this is really very nice and informative post. I really like this.
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