Gabriella Pusztai1, Karolina Eszter Kovacs, Klara Kovacs & Beata Erika Nagy
Journal of Social Research & Policy, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, pp. 125-138 Date: July 2017 ISSN: 2067-2640 (print), 2068-9861 (electronic) Abstract
The results of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (Espad Group, 2016) indicate that
substance use among Hungarian students enrolled in the public education ranks on the top in Europe as the incidence
of smoking and binge drinking is increasing. At the same time, international research states that the youth in the CentralEuropean
countries surrounding Hungary (Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine) show better results in more aspects
(Hibell et al, 2012). The results of Kopp (2012) justify these findings among Hungarian adults as well. However, we do
not have explicit comparable data among university students. In the present study, we try to cover up the blank spaces
of the previous studies. Firstly, we focus on the -students enrolled in higher education. Secondly, we measure the special
character of minority students, as in the neighbour countries of Hungary there are Hungarian minority students, as well.
In our investigation, we point out that students learning in the same higher educational campuses create a health
behaviour interpretive community and their effects often overwrite the individual protective and risk factors. Keywords: Health-Risk Behaviour; Higher Education; Added Value. |
1 Postal Address: University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem square 1, Hungary. E-mail Address:
karolina92.kovacs@gmail.com