Abstract

GRIGORAVICIUS, Marcelo. Consumption of psychoactive substances and expectancies  towards alcohol in school children between 8 and 12 years old. Anu. investig. [online]. 2011, vol.18, pp.349-357. ISSN 1851-1686.

The purpose of this proyect is to inquire into the existence of psychoactive substances consumption and to identify and analyse attitudes, values and believes regarding use and abuse of such substances in school children between 8 and 12 years old. Furthermore, identify and analyse children's expectancies, especially towards alcohol. Regarding the objective of this study, a comparison between a clinical and a non clinical sample of children will be done. The purpose is to continue and go deeply into previous investigations on this problem expanding the age range of the sample including younger children than the ones traditionally studied. The clinical sample will be composed of children who recieve psychotherapy in a Child Clinical Psychology Unit that depends on Facultad de Psicología, UBA. The non clinical sample will be composed of non consultant children that attend to different educational institutions. The CORIN, the CEA-N and sociodemographic data protocol will be administrated.

Keywords : Psychoactive substances; Expectancies; Children.

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