The Inhalant Behaviour Ngelem of Punk Community Members
| Main Authors: | Thaha, Ridwan M., Leida M, Ida, Yusnitasari, Andi Selvi, Jannatin MA, Ratna |
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| Format: | Article PeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.unhas.ac.id/id/eprint/4240/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Introduction: Narcotics, Psychotropics, and other Addictive Substances (NAPZA) abuse is the use of one or several types of NAPZA regularly beyond the limit of medical indications, causing physical health, psychological and social functioning disorders Objective: To know how punk communities influence the inhalant behaviour ngelem of punk community members. Methods: Design of qualitative research conducted by observation and in-depth interviews toward 20 main informants and six key informants. Informants of this research are the punk community members in Makassar City. Results: The punk community provided an inhalant stimulus and made members of the punk community give an operant con ditioning by following the behaviour. They do not get rewards, but punishments such as prohibitions and suggestions to stop the inhalant behaviour ngelem from other punk community members. They get health problems as well, such as shortness of breath, dizziness, and headache. As a result, some informants decided to stop the activity, and some of them remained ngelem. Conclusions: Lack of knowledge about the danger of inhalant behaviour ngelem makes them not refuse the stimulus, let alone invite fellow punk community members to refuse the behaviour.