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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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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ 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 ]Types of Alcohol BeveragesMoronkola and Otinwa (1999) listed the following types of alcohol beverages available in Nigeria: Wine, beer and distilled beverage. Wine: Wine is made from the fermented juice grapes or other fruits. It has a typical alcohol content of 10% to 14% by volume. There are five basic types of wines, red, white, rose and sparkling or champagne, containing carbon dioxide (all referred to as table wine) and desert for cocktail (with an alcohol content ranging from 15% to 24%.Be ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Section B and C of the instrument contained 15 items each, the highest possible score any respondent can obtain is 60 (i.e 4 x 15), while the lowest possible score is 15 (i.e 1 x 15). Therefore, the range is 45 (i.e 60 – 15). The mid-point of range is 22.5 (i.e 45 ÷ 2). The cut-off point is therefore 60 – 22.5 (i.e maximum score minus the mid-point of the range) or 15 + 22.5 (i.e the minimum score plus (+) the mid of the range), in which either case is 37.5. Thus, if res ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 8 ]Summary of Findings Based on the result of the study, items 1, 6 and 4 were ranked as the top three on the prevalence of drug abuse while items 2, 1 and 3 were ranked the top on the motivation for drug abuse. The list ranked items on the prevalence of drug abuse are items 7 and 13, 12, and 2 while items 4, 8 and 11 features on motivation for drug abuse. However, eight hypotheses were postulated and all of them were accepted. Hence, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of, ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]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): 4 ]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---
