Cato B M
Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611.
J Drug Educ. 1992;22(4):293-301. doi: 10.2190/WP67-9KRF-VJPG-JRQ5.
Adolescents' social behaviors remain a mystery to parks and recreation providers. Adolescence is a "high-risk" time for all youth in terms of experimenting with potentially health-compromising behavior, whether alcohol, drugs, or sex. Most of these antisocial behaviors occur during adolescents' leisure time. These inferences gave impetus to this research effort. The study was designed to ascertain information on adolescents' preferences for pleasure: drugs or recreation. Data were collected from a sample of 100 high school students from a medium-sized college town, and 100 students from a rural town in Florida. Findings revealed four statistically significant associations in the motives or pleasures sought in recreation and in drug behaviors: "enhancement of popularity," "provision of a means for self-discovery," "achievement of personal goal," and means to rebel against parents. In reference to the latter motive, findings revealed that neither drugs nor recreation were used to rebel against parents. Findings also provide documentation of the value of recreation in insulating adolescents against many of the stressors of contemporary life.
青少年的社会行为对于公园和娱乐服务提供者来说仍是个谜。就尝试可能危害健康的行为而言，无论是饮酒、吸毒还是性行为，青春期对所有青少年来说都是一个“高风险”时期。这些反社会行为大多发生在青少年的休闲时间。这些推断推动了这项研究工作。该研究旨在确定青少年对娱乐的偏好信息：是毒品还是娱乐活动。数据收集自一个中等规模大学城的100名高中生样本以及佛罗里达州一个乡村小镇的100名学生。研究结果揭示了在娱乐活动和吸毒行为中寻求的动机或乐趣方面的四个具有统计学意义的关联：“提高受欢迎程度”、“提供自我发现的途径”、“实现个人目标”以及反抗父母的方式。关于后一种动机，研究结果表明，毒品和娱乐活动都不是用来反抗父母的。研究结果还证明了娱乐活动在使青少年免受当代生活诸多压力源影响方面的价值。
