ASSESMENT OF RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AIMING AT PREVENTION OF BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH

U gradu Gospiću provodi se projekt po modelu Zajednice koje brinu: razvoj, implementacija i evaluacija modela prevencije poremećaja u ponašanju u zajednici. Kao dio projekta provedeno je istraživanje procjene rizičnih i zaštitnih čimbenika poremećaja u ponašanju mladih na području grada Gospića u četiri domene: 1) zajednica, 2) obitelj, 3) škola i 4) vršnjaci/pojedinac adaptiranom verzijom CTC Upitnika za djecu i mlade (Mihić, Novak i Bašić, 2010.). U istraživanju je sudjelovao 281 učenik od 15 do 18 godina dviju srednjih škola u Gospiću. Najizraženiji rizični čimbenici vezani uz ovu zajednicu su: a) stavovi koji podržavaju korištenje droga, b) zakoni i norme koje podržavaju korištenje droga, c) stavovi koji podržavaju antisocijalna ponašanja, d) dezorganizacija zajednice, e) loš akademski uspjeh, f) buntovništvo i g) dostupnost droga. Najizraženiji rizični čimbenici vezani uz obitelj su: a) roditeljski stavovi koji podržavaju korištenje droga, b) roditeljski stavovi koji podržavaju antisocijalno ponašanje, c) obiteljski konflikti i d) loša obiteljska disciplina. Najizraženiji rizični čimbenici vezani uz prijatelje i školu su: a) niska privrženost školi i b) prijatelji koji koriste drogu. Najizraženiji zaštitni čimbenici za sve četiri domene su: a) prilike u zajednici za prosocijalno uključivanje, b) nagrade u zajednici za prosocijalno uključivanje, c) religioznost, d) prilike u školi za prosocijalno uključivanje, e) nagrade u školi za prosocijalno uključivanje, f) vjerovanje u moralni red, g) druženje s prosocijalnim vršnjacima i h) privrženost obitelji. Od sredstava ovisnosti mladi u ovoj lokalnoj sredini najviše konzumiraju alkohol, potom duhan te lijekove protiv bolova. Na temelju rezultata istraživanja definirane su smjernice za ciljana preventivna ulaganja u lokalnoj sredini.Within the City of Gospić the Communities That Care (CTC) Model is being implemented; development, implementation and evaluation of the Model for preventing the behavioural disorder within the community. Within the Model\u27s framework, research on the assessment of the risk and protective factors of the behavioural disorders among youth within the City of Gospić area has been conducted and divided into the four domains: 1) the community 2) the family, 3) school and 4) peers/individual in accordance with the modified Croatian version of the children and youth CTC Questionnaire by Mihić, Novak & Bašić (2010). The research was conducted with 281 children between ages of 15 to 18 from two City of Gospić high schools. The most pronounced risk factors within this community were: a) trends that support consumption of drugs, b) laws and the norms that support drug consumption, c) trends that support antisocial behaviour, d) disarrangement within the community, e) poor academic records, f) rebelliousness and g) easy access to drugs. The most pronounced risk factors tied to the family were: a) trends where parents are supporting the drug consumption, b) trends where parents support the antisocial behaviour, c) conflict within the family, and d) poor discipline within the family. The most pronounced risk factors connected with friends and the school were: a) low school commitments and b) friends that consume drugs. The most pronounced protective factors drawn out from all four domains were: a) the opportunities within the community for the prosocial inclusion, b) the awards within the community for supporting the prosocial inclusion, c) religiousness, d) the opportunities within schools for the prosocial inclusion, e)the awards within schools for supporting the prosocial inclusion, f) belief in the moral order, g) befriending peers that support prosocial behaviour and h) attachment to the family. More so, youth within this local community were mostly addicted to alcohol, tobacco and painkillers. Based on the research results, the guidelines for the particular investment in prevention within this local community were defined