Ethnocultural Paper: Italian Culture and Its Impact on Substance Abuse It is believed there is a close link between alcohol and culture. ... Due to the ridged rules for adolescent girls, pertaining to dating and boys, these girls rebel and look else where for love, "At times, drugs and alcohol may become a component of this rebellion" (Straussner, 2001). ... Because AA is based on believing in a higher power, such as making a decision to turn your will and your life over to the care of God. ... However, as generations of Italians became more and more Americanized, they became "s...

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If a youth disagrees or does not believe in these values one is more likely to engage in antisocial acts. Also, if the youth believe that laws are unfair, this bond to society weakens and the likelihood of committing delinquency becomes stronger. ... Along with the six family conditions we will be examining six different behavioral outcomes; property crime, violent crime, mental disorder, alcoholism, drug addiction, and status offenses. ... Juvenile delinquency studies have also found significantly high rates of alcoholism, drug dependence, mental disorders, and sexual deviance among juvenil...

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The parent may be required to meet criteria such as: attending parent classes, Alcoholic Anonymous classes, monthly drug test, and or monthly-supervised visitation depending on the circumstances that may have resulted the placement of the children into the foster care system (National Foster Parent Association, 2007). ... For the children, negative feelings of abandonment from the parents can create depression, behavior issues, low grades in school, stealing, abusing others, negative friendships, and drug/alcohol use. For the parents, negative feelings of abandonment from the foster c...

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Alcohol and drug use are known to play a major role in initiating date rapes. ... Sexually abused children are misled to believe that the sexual intentions of their fathers are normal and are a true testimony of genuine love and affection that any normal father can accord his child. Abused wives are led by their husbands to believe that they are frigid, hysterical and incompetent. ... All this is because of the perceptions that the victimizers have forced their victims to internalize which makes them believe that it was their fault. ... For example, wives believe that most of the time their hu...

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"In a study of sexually abused children, 63% indicated that the adult response to their disclosure of abuse was supportive: the abuse was reported, the non-abusive custodial adult believed and supported the child victim, and the perpetrator was denied access to the child victim" (Kellogg & Menard, 2002). ... The adult relationships are characterized by the same dysfunctions as the safe, insecure family: drug/alcohol abuse, violence, crime, low education, unemployment, and mental health problems" (Kellogg, 2002). ...

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He believe that children instinctively realize that the world is made up of two sexes, and that each has things to offer; "each sex possesses biological and psychological traits that balance and complement the other, and each sex brings something unique and important to children's lives" (1996: 325). ... In my experience, the classmates I had in high school that were into drugs and drinking, that partied often and got bad grades, the ones that were teenage mothers were one who came from single parent homes, almost exclusively from single mother homes. ...

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The youth also has to have self-confidence and be able to make a stand for what he or she believes in, and stand by it. ... Teens invariably believe that their parents are overly anxious and overprotective. ... When it happens, inadequately managed stress can lead to anxiety, depression and can yet again lead back to drug or alcohol usage. ...

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Other studies have shown that children of divorced families are more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, more likely to begin sexual activity earlier, to give birth to a child as a teenager, and to have more pregnancies outside marriage than children of non-divorced parents (McIntosh et al, 2008). ... As such it is now believed that co-operative parenting is instrumental in the months and years following a divorce as regards the successful development of the child. ...

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Some researchers believe Alzheimer's is intimately associated with the immune system. ... Ibuprofen (Advil) is an example of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that seems to provide protective effects in some cases. ...

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