ARJPC

ISSN: 2384-6178

 Academic Research Journal of Psychology and Counselling
 

Vol. 7(4), pp. 34-40, July, 2019.

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2019.080

ISSN: 2384-6178

Research Paper

Students’ Perceived Factors and Types of Substance Abuse among Public Secondary Schools in Kaduna State

Dr. Yusuf Ahmadu¹, Damina C. Yakubu² and Okafor C. Emmanuel³

¹Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.

²Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.

³Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. Corresponding author’s E-mail: freeok4@yahoo.com

Accepted 7 July 2019

The study investigated students’ perceived factors and types of substance abuse among public secondary school students in Kaduna state. Part of the specific objectives was to find out students’ perception on factors leading to substance abuse among public Secondary School students in Kaduna state based on gender and location and to find out students’ perception on types of substance abuse among public Secondary School students in Kaduna state based on gender and location. 136,269 students in Kaduna state make up the study population. Based on the formula of Krejcie and Morgan (1970), a sample of 384 was used. Factors and Type of Substance Abuse (FTSA) was used in this study to collect data from the sampled secondary school students. The data collected were subjected to SPSS analysis based on the research questions and null hypotheses. T-test statistics were used to test the hypotheses. The findings from the study showed that there is no significant difference in the perceived factors of substance abuse by male and female students and that there is no significant difference in the perceived factors of substance abuse by urban and rural students. The study recommended that schools should make sure that both male and female students are educated about substance abuse in the schools and that the state ministry of education should carry out enlightenment campaign and workshops across all the secondary schools in the state about the dangers of substance abuse.

Keywords: Students, Substance Abuse.

 

Cite This Article As: Ahmadu, Y., Yakubu D.C., Emmanuel, O.C (2019). Students’ Perceived Factors and Types of Substance Abuse among Public Secondary Schools in Kaduna State.  Acad. Res. J. Psychol. Counsel. 7(4): 34-40