Programa psicoeducativo para la prevención del consumo de drogas en los estudiantes de primero bachillerato

Abstract

Educating adolescents so that they stay away from drugs, and learn to face life and different situations without having to resort to them, is one of the main objectives of prevention. For this, training in values, habits, attitudes and personal skills is of vital importance and education through cognitive behavioral techniques is the ideal means for this. Psych education is a fundamental element in addressing behaviors, especially when they are affected by substance use. The present investigation offers a psych educational program for the prevention of drug use in first-year high school students of the El Oro School in the Machala canton. For the development of the project, a descriptive methodology was used, of a bibliographic-documentary and field modality that included 100 high school adolescents to whom the survey technique was applied, which was structured based on factors related to drug use. . The investigation allowed us to conclude that a large number of students consume drugs or have consumed them at some point in their lives, it was also determined that among the main causes that affect drug use are: forgetting their problems, reducing stress-anxiety levels; the need for social acceptance and generate bonds of friendship. Finally, it is mentioned that the severity of drug use is not perceived by adolescents, who assume that both the cultural model and their families and educational institutions exaggerate the damage they cause. Therefore, a psych educational program to prevent drug use is proposed, which has been validated by expert criteria.