Illicit drug use and Romanian adolescents. Parental protective factors
Aurora Carmen Bărbat
West University of TimişoaraAbstract
The present study used the „CORT 2004 Questionnaire Regarding Risk Behavior for Health in Young People” for an epidemiological survey on 2908 high school students of the urban area of Timis County, western Romania. The aim of this study is to analyze the magnitude of the illicit drug use of Romanian adolescents and to delineate the parental protective factors inside the family.
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