Lifeworld: socio-environmental influence on crack cocaine use by teenagers

• Main Authors: Marina Soares Mota (Author), Giovana Calcagno Gomes (Author), Juliane Portella Ribeiro (Author), Adriane Maria Netto de Oliveira (Author), Aline Campelo Pintanel (Author), Simone Quadros Alvarez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the influence of the lifeworld on crack cocaine use by teenagers undergoing treatment at the Psychosocial Care Center for users of alcohol and other drugs. Method: Qualitative research carried out with thirteen teenagers attended at the Psychosocial Care Center for users of alcohol and other drugs, from a municipality in the South of Brazil. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the Comprehensive Analysis was carried out from the Phenomenology of the Social World of Alfred Schütz. Results: In the lifeworld, there is influence of the community to which the teenager belongs; of the family, by the excess of permissibility and being in an environment of drug use and violence; and the school, where it is influenced by individuals to consume them. Conclusion: Elements from the lifeworld influence the teenager for the consumption of crack cocaine, being necessary actions contextualized with their world of life.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0007