Pozdnyakova M.E. Risk-Taking Propensity as the Beginning of a Drug Career. In: Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities. View from Russia [Electronic resource]: collected papers XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities ( Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018) ...

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Abstract

The article is based on the results of several studies of the drug situation in Russia: online surveys of students of Russian universities (N = 485), classroom surveys of College students (N = 715); secondary analysis of the materials of a special study of schoolchildren and students devoted to the study of needs and thrill seeking using the Zuckerman test and the specially developed “Questionnaire of useful and harmful habits” (N = 186). The prevalence of the propensity to risk behavior in various youth groups, as well as the gender characteristics of the propensity to risk, are considered. The relationship between the propensity to risk-taking behavior, the search for thrills and the prevalence of drug use is analyzed. It is revealed that a significant part of young people consider themselves to be risky people, many are ready to take risks for the sake of gaining new sensations. Young people are ready to experiment and influence their consciousness in various ways. It is shown that the combination of these factors is a possible predictor of narcotization - it can become the ground for the first drug testing and/or the transition to episodic or permanent drug use.

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