Adolescent work and association with drug use, mental health and problems faced in life

• Autor(a) principal: Felipe, Adriana Olimpia Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Terra, Fábio de Souza, Costa, Andreia Cristina Barbosa, de Andrade, Maria Betânia Tinti, Moreira, Dênis da Silva, Carvalho, Ana Maria Pimenta
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng; spa
• Título da fonte: Advances in Nursing and Health
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/anh/article/view/38064
• topic: Adolescent; Work; Mental health; Illicit drugs; Alcohol abuse; Adolescente; Trabajo; Salud mental; Drogas ilícitas; Alcoholismo.; Adolescente; Trabalho; Saúde mental; Drogas ilícitas; Abuso de álcool

Objective: To identify the frequency of adolescents who work and the association with drug use, mental health and problems of life they face. Methods: Descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted with 539 adolescents enrolled in the Family Health Strategy of a municipality in southern Minas Gerais. A characterization questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the Drug Use Screening Inventory were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using statistical software to perform associations between variables, using the chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, odds ratio and Mann-Whitney tests. Results: It was found that 17.8% of the adolescents worked. There was no significant association between the variable work activity and drug use, change in mental health, and corrected global, absolute and relative density of problems faced in life. Conclusion: Adolescents who worked had higher alcohol consumption, were mostly classified as normal in terms of mental health, and had lower means of behavioral, health and psychiatric disorders. More studies are needed to unravel the risks and benefits of work activity in the adolescents’ life.