PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENT ARCTIC ABORIGENS WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

• Main Author: Valerievich, Mironov Andrei
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Morressier 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Nyda
• Online Access: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/69747650-e820-4927-9189-331a79d350f6; https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/69747650-e820-4927-9189-331a79d350f6/assets/external_content.pdf; https://doi.org/10.26226/morressier.5cf632bbaf72dec2b05546d6

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENT ARCTIC ABORIGENS WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONLobova, V., Mironov, A. Yugra State University, RussiaFeatures of the premorbid personality structure play an important role in the formation of alcoholism among the aboriginal peoples of the Arctic. The objective of our work was to determine the psychological characteristics of the personality among aboriginal adolescents who have experience in alcohol consumption.The sample consisted of 58 children, 48.3% girls and 51.7% boys, aged between 12 and 16 years old (M = 14.50; SD = 0.98), recruited from public boarding school of Nyda, in which representatives of the indigenous population of the Arctic study. The duration of alcohol consumption for boys and girls was different (M = 3.00, SD = 0.50 boys, M = 1.79, SD = 0.22 girls) (p = .021). We used Self Rating Depression (SDS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), Buss-Durkee Inventory (BDI), and the socio-hygienic method (questionnaire, survey). The type of alcohol consumed was different. 3.9% of aboriginal adolescents consumed hard liquor, 27.5% - light liquor (wine), 78.4% - beer. 46% of young men and 7% of girls consumed alcohol once a week or daily. The dominant motive for alcohol consumption among adolescents from the aboriginal population is the need to remove various kinds of barriers in socializing.We determined depression in 24% of aboriginal population with alcohol consumption. We also recorded high personal anxiety in 42% of boys and in 63% of girls with alcohol consumption. High neuroticism was noted in 25% of boys and 60% of girls. Aggression in adolescents with alcohol consumption was more often manifested in boys than in girls (32% of boys and 27% of girls.). Analysis of the personality structure in the premorbidity allowed to establish the predominance of extroverted and neurotic features. In more than half of the cases we noted high anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, excessive criticism, a painful experience of neglect and humiliation. Characteristic manifestations were sense of guilt and high anxiety, indicating the activation of self-injurious mechanisms.In alcoholising girls, we observe intensification of oppositional behaviour patterns, what contradicts the previously obtained data, since representatives of the ethnic group in study are more likely to manifest typologically weak features of the hypothetical structure (sensitivity, anxiety, dependence). The results of the study may be useful for the development and implementation of preventive anti-alcohol programs for students from the aboriginal population in the educational environment, as well as early diagnosis of alcohol consumption in adolescents and young people.