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Objective To study the knowledge,attitude and behavior on drugs abuse among junior middle school students.Methods Junior students of 4 middle schools from 2 cities and 2 small towns were sampled by stratified cluster random sampling method in Xiangfan and Daye respectively,and data was gathered from self-report questionnaires then analyized using SPSS 12.0.Results Among 1079 junior middle school students,80.00% of them having good grades for questions about drugs in general while 34.24% ones having poor grades for questions regarding drugs addiction.54.47%and 41.79% of the students were puzzled on questions related to the harm of drug on brain and body respectively.30.00% of the students misunderstood the behaviors related to drugs and another 3.20% of them were curious about drugs.1.58% of the boys and 1.22% of the girls ever having used drugs,with the average age was 9.5years old when started using drugs.25.20% of the students ever persuaded their friends to keep away from drugs,while 44.05%-61.29% would refuse the advice from their friends in persuading them to be off from drugs.Conclusion Junior students had poor knowledge or even wrong ideas about the harm caused by drug,suggesting that it was in urgent need to effectively develop preventive education based on the characteristics of adolescents.
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Objective:To study the relationship between and maladjustment of middle school students and their attitude towards help-seeking.Methods:276 middle school students completed questionnaire of maladjustment and attitude towards help-seeking.Results:There exists grade difference on the problem of school life and the stigma tolerance, and there was also gender difference on the physical and mental development problem, the reliance on the counselor and the integral for help. The experience of help seeking had no influence on maladjustment and attitude toward help seeking.Conclusion:The maladjustment of middle school students is not so severe and the attitude towards help is comparatively positive; the more serious the maladjustment is, the more negative attitude toward help seeking.