A relationship between the self-efficacy about adolescents' avoidance of substance abuse and the peer pressure, self-expression skill, resilience

It was investigated the relationship of the self-efficacy about adolescents' avoidance of substance abuse with peer bullying, emotional expression, psychological resilience. Prediction level and Analyses about some variants were also examined. This study is in the category of Correlational Survey Model, The sample of investigation was comprised of 862 high school students of 2017-2018 educational year. The sampling unit was determined with Stratified Sampling Method in Random Sampling Methods. "Personality Information Form", "Peer Victimization Scale", "Emotional Expressing Questionnaire", "Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale" and "Self-Efficacy for Protecting Adolescences from Substance Abuse Scale" were used. Meaningfulness was accepted as p<.05 and p<.01. Levene Homogeneity Test and Pearson Correlation Coefficient Analysis, T-Test, One-way Analysis of Variance, Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis Test, Bonferroni Test, Tukey Test and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis were also carried out. It was found that school types and gender are significant variables to determine self-efficacy about avoidance of substance abuse; however, class and family income levels, family integrity are not significant variables. There was a negative and significant relationship between self-efficacy about avoidance of substance abuse and being victim of peer bullying, whereas there was a positive and significant relationship between emotional expression and psychological resilience levels. Morever, it was reached that adolescents' exposure to peer bullying, emotional expression level and psychological resilience predicted the self-efficacy about avoidance of substance abuse. Findings from the research were negotiated in related literature, were concluded by interpretations, and Proposals were submitted. Key Words: Adolescence, Peer Bullying, Expression of Emotions, Psychological Resilience, Self-Efficacy About Avoidance of Substance Abuse