A nurse is caring for adolescents who have experienced substance abuse. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as a major influence in this population?
a. Family-related factors
b. Positive media messages
c. Socioeconomic level
d. Peer pressure
ANS: A
Substance abuse among adolescents is influenced most by family-related factors, such as genet-ics, family stress, and parenting styles. Research suggests that successful social influence-based prevention programs may be driven by their ability to foster social norms that reduce an adoles-cent's social motivation to begin using ATODs. Peer pressure and socioeconomic level may play a role in the abuse of substances, but this has not been the major factor identified. Media mes-sages promoting the use of substances may influence this population, but is not the major factor that has been identified.
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