Family risk factors for adolescent risk behaviours

Obitelj je mjesto gdje dijete stječe svoja prva znanja, vještine, navike te usvaja sustav vrijednosti i norme ponašanja, i kao takva može biti rizični i zaštitni čimbenik za djecu. Istraživanja su pokazala kako postoji niz obiteljskih čimbenika koji su značajni za razvoj rizičnih ponašanja kod adolescenata. Kada se jedan od tih nepovoljnih čimbenika pojavi u djetetovom obiteljskom okruženju, dijete je u većem riziku da razvije rizična ponašanja. Zato obitelj koja je primarna socijalizacijska jedinica, koja predstavlja model rizičnih ponašanja, utječe na to da djeca takva rizična ponašanja uče te ih prenose u druge životne situacije i okolinu u kojoj žive. U radu je detaljnije opisano koja se rizična ponašanja manifestiraju kod adolescenata i koji obiteljski čimbenici utječu na pojavu istih. Također je istaknuta važnost prevencije jer se prevencijskim naporima ta ponašanja mogu ukloniti ili umanjiti.Family is a place where every child acquires new knowledges, habits, as well as the system of values and norms of behaviour, and because of all those factors a family can be both a risk and a protective factor for children. Studies have shown that there is a number of factors within family, which are of great importance for the development of risk behaviours in adolescents. When one of those undesired factors appears in a child’s family surroundings, there is a higher risk of that child developing risk behaviours. That is the reason why family, which is a primary socialisation unit that represents the model for risk behaviours, affects children in a way that they learn such behaviours and transfer them in other situations in life and the surroundings they live in. In this paper it is described in detail which risk behaviours manifest in adolescents and which factors within family affect the appearance of those risk behaviours. The importance of prevention is also highlighted because such behaviours can be reduced or even completely removed with adequate prevention efforts