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Psycho-Social Determinants of Adolescents Substance Abuse among Secondary School Students in Rivers State

Annty Christian Njigwum, Dr Patrick Ikechukwu Echebe

Abstract


The study investigated the psycho-social determinants of adolescents’ substance abuse amongst public secondary school students in Rivers State. The study employed an ex post facto design. A sample of 348 students was used for the study. Disproportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to compose the sample. Three research questions were answered and three corresponding hypotheses were tested in the study at 0.05 level of significance. Data used for the study were collected directly from school principals and examining body (Rivers State Ministry of Education). Two instruments were used for the data collection of this study, the Substance Abuse Inventory (SAI) and the Psychosocial Determinants Survey (PDS). The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha technique, which produced the following coefficients: 0.86 for Substance Abuse Inventory (SAI), 0.78 for Peer Pressure, 0.92 for Anxiety and 0.73 for Family lifestyle. The data obtained was analysed using simple regression (R), coefficient of determination (R Squared, r2 x 100). The findings of the study showed that peer Pressure, anxiety and family lifestyle are determinants of substance abuse among senior school students. Amongst others it was recommended that parents should monitor their children involvement with peers in other not to be negatively influenced.

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Peer;family;lifestyle;anxiety;abuse

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