Drug Abuse in Adolescents.

      Аннотация: The present study was conducted to gain insight into Self Esteem,Parental and Peer Attachment of Adolescent abusers and non abusers.The objectives of the study were (i) To study socio demographic profile of abusers,(ii)To study clinical profile of abusers,(iii)To examine differences between Attachment and Self Esteem of adolescent abusers and non abusers,(iv)To study gender differences in Attachment and Self Esteem of adolescent abusers,(v)To conduct case study on abusers.It was revealed through the findings that non abusers had higher self esteem and better attachment with both parents and peers as compared to abusers.No gender differences were found in attachment of abusers.

Ключевые слова: attachment, self esteem, substance abuse