Unemployment and its Role in Stimulating Addiction among Youth: A Field Study on Smoking, Drug, and Internet Addiction among Unemployed Youth

Abstract

This article focuses on the significant issue of youth unemployment in Tebessa and its potential to drive young people towards addiction, which is a serious problem in its own right. The study aims to identify the underlying factors that push unemployed youth towards negative behaviors, including addiction, specifically focusing on smoking, drugs, and internet use, which are the most prevalent forms of addiction in recent times.

The research is based on a field study conducted in Tebessa province on a sample of unemployed youth who smoke, as this is considered the first step that may lead them to drug use and excessive internet use. The study was applied to a sample of unemployed youth in Tebessa and its suburbs. The descriptive method was used, which was expressed through quantitative analysis. The social survey method was used, and a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 70 unemployed youth.