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Prevalence Of And Motivation For Drug Abuse
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In the study by Coleman (2010) on Drug Use and Abuse among Students in Tertiary Institutions in Federal University of Technology where he found out that certain pre-disposing factors such as peer pressure, sex, age, family background, occupation of parent contributes immensely to drug abuse by the students. Oriahi, Ajekweneh and Oriahi (2012) conducted a study on Causes and Effects of Drug Abuse Among Secondary School Adolescents in Esan West local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The result of the study shows that the majority of students were influenced by peer group and influence of parents on the use of drugs. Age, gender, parental addiction also contributed to drug abuse by the youngsters. Lastly, Raji (2012) investigated the Knowledge and Attitude of Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State towards drug use in Nigeria. He found out that most respondents have knowledge of drug use but show negative attitude towards it. Also, gender, age, religion and school type have no influence on the respondents’ knowledge and attitude on drug use.
Despite different control measures that had been adopted, teens are surrounded with insidious influences that seem to encourage or condone substance abuse. In view of this, the researcher observed that few researches have been done on prevalence of, and motivation for drug abuse among tertiary institution students to cover Kwara state and to focus on roles counsellors can play to salvage this social ill. Therefore, this study aim to extend the scope of research study to the area, prevalence of, and motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara state.
Research Questions
The following questions were raised based on the problem of the study.
1. How prevalent is drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State?
2. What is the motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State?
3. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of gender?
4. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of gender?
5. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of age?
6. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of age?
7. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of religion?
8. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of religion?
9. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of family type?
10. Is there any difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of family type?
Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses were formulated based on the problem of the study.
1. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of gender.
2. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of gender.
3. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of age.
4. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of age.
5. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of religion.
6. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of religion.
7. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the prevalence of drug abuse on the basis of family type.
8. There is no significant difference in the expression of students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State on the motivation for drug abuse on the basis of family type.
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APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORINFACULTY OF EDUCATIONCOUNSELLOR EDUCATION DEPARTMENTPrevalence of and Motivation for Drug Abuse Questionnaire (PMDAQ)Dear Respondent, This instrument is designed to elicit information on the prevalence of, and motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. Your sincere responses to each of the items will be highly appreciated as all information supplied will be treated with utmost confidentiality and be used strictly for the re ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 14 ]The immediate effects of smoking marijuana include increased heart rate, reddened eyes and increase feeling of well being. The hallucinogenic properties of marijuana may include enhancement of sensitivity to colour, sound patterns, texture and taste. The personal reaction time is showed and the ability to interprete what is seen takes a longer time than normal. Pollock, Candace and Charles (1979) listed the following behavioural effects of marijuana.• Marijuana impair short term me ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Pilot Testing The pilot testing is used to determine the usability
of an instrument. To establish this, the instrument was administered to
ten students of the University of Ilorin, which did not form part of the
final respondents of the instrument. After administration, the
researcher interacted with the respondents, recorded their observation
about the instruments and effect necessary corrections.Psychometric Properties of the InstrumentAn instrument is considered appropriate when i ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Hypothesis Three:There is no significant difference in the prevalence of drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions on the basis of age.Table 7 indicates that the calculated t-value of 1.51 is less than the critical t- value of 1.96 at 0.05 alpha level. This indicates that there is no significant difference. Hence, the hypothesis is accepted. Therefore, there is no significant difference in the prevalence of drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions on the basis of age.Hypothesi ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Still on the basis of age, the hypothesis that there is significant difference in the motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions was accepted as no significant difference was found. It then indicates that respondents’ age has no influence in their motivation for drug abuse. Irrespective of their different age brackets, they tend to be motivated towards drug abuse by peer pressure, in order to work better and experiment how it works. The finding thus supports that of ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]REFERENCESAaron, K., Robert, L., Reische, D., Barbara, V., Waggoner, S. & Wagger, H.(1982). Understanding health. New Jersey: Random House Visual Education Corporation. Abdullahi, O. (1995). Typology of research. In S. Jimoh (ed). Methodology: An inter disciplinary approach. Ilorin: Unilorin Library and Publication.Akindelly, B. (2009). Causes, effects and control of drug abuse in society.Retrieved July 22, 2013 from. http://www.voices.yahoo.com/causes-effects-control-drug-abuse-society. ... Continue reading---
