Effect of type of personality and self concept on Vulnerability to Substance ·. abuse in Working Children

Abstract

Child labor is an established problem all over the word "'" it become a matter of national and hazardous effects on the child have spotlights.

ely was to detect the relationships rsonal ity and substance abuse, the If-concept and substance abuse in ind the effect of substance abuse on ·een type of personality and type of 1e effect of substance abuse on the g children. -s children were chosen from social c tolved.,, in this study were 150 w o two groups, 100 were substance

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0 All children were subjected to a general medical examination, anthropometric measure (weight -length), sex maturity ratings score full psychiatric examination, Eysenck personality test, self-concept scale, finally picture intelligence test. The age of children ranged from 14- 18 years old, with a mean of 17.9 years in substance abusers and 16.6 years in non substance abusers with male predominance in both groups. Our study showed that most of working children in both groups were under weight for age and short for age and needed follow up were 52% of substance abusers were under the 5th percentile compared to 38% of non substance abusers as