Attitudes towards Drugs and Drug Use among the Bulgarian Youth 1998

Motives leading to drug use among young people. Topics: Information about the risk of drug abuse; motives for the first use of drugs; kind of first drug used; age of drug use onset; age of regular drug use; kind of drug used during the last three months; average dosage of the drug during the last month; maximum dosage of taken drug during the last month; ;hrill and Adventure Seeking Scale (TAS): physical risk taking such as parachuting, scuba diving, etc.; Experience Seeking Scale (ESS): pursuit of novel experience, including travel, unusual types of people, and novelty in art, music etc.; Dis-Inhibition (Dis): hedonistic pursuits, including drinking, partying, sex, etc.; Boredom Susceptibility (BS): aversion to repetitive or routine activities and general lack of stimulus change; type of school; strict customs and police control; voluntary/compulsory treatment of drug addicts; campaigns among youths; economic and social support for young drug addicts; friends using drugs; values system; attitude towards prostitutes, drug addicts, people suffering from AIDS; homosexuals, former prisoners; place of growing up; education level of father/mother; characteristic of family; relationship to family members.