Awareness of High School Students of Mizoram about Risky Adolescent Behaviour Zothangpuii*, Mishra B.B.** Department of Education, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India *Corresponding author: apuiilelhchhun@gmail.com
**bana.mishra55@gmail.com
Online published on 23 October, 2018. Abstract Adolescence period is recognized as most critical period of life. It is at this stage that habits, attitude and practices developed and adopted by the individuals used to be relatively stable. In the present time, children are exposed to many positive as well as negative habits and activities through different agencies at very early stage. When they reach adolescent stage and get scope and freedom, they want to gratify their curiosity for which many of them develop and adopt bad habits that not only distract them from healthy behavior but also put them in risk and endanger their lives. This is resulting in high rate of premature death in every society. Consuming tobacco, alcohol and drugs; being involved in sexuality; and being infected by HIV/AIDS are very common among the adolescents, which are considered as the risky behavior of the adolescents. In Mizoram, some parents and guardians usually give freedom to children to decide about their carrier and activities and have less interference in their activities, more particularly from adolescent period onwards. Taking advantage of the freedom, many adolescents adopt risky behavior and become victims of their behavior. Question arises whether such adolescents are aware of the serious impacts of the risk behavior? In the present study, the awareness of 600 high school male and female students, both from rural and urban areas, was assessed. The study revealed that there was high level of awareness among the high school students of Mizoram about the impacts of risky adolescent behavior such as consuming tobacco, alcohol and drugs; being involved in sexuality; and being infected by HIV/AIDS. Top Keywords Awareness, Risky Adolescent Behavior, Healthy Adolescent Behavior, Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. Top |