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Prevalence Of And Motivation For Drug Abuse  
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Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of this study is to find out the prevalence of, and motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, suggestion will be made on alternative activities that Nigeria youths can venture their time and energy aside drugs and roles of counsellors in preventing drug abuse among youths so that they may have a life of purpose and be self actualized.
Significance of the Study
Youthful age has been characterized with great pressure from many sources such as following parent rules, completion of school tasks, but the greatest pressure come from peers. Most youths always want to go with the peers despite parent’s restriction from smoking, drinking alcohol, or drug use. They do not consider or aware of the aftermath of drug abuse before getting involved. In this regard, this study would help the youths to understand the negative effects of drug abuse on themselves, family and the society at large so that they may abstain from its’ use and develop resistance against pressure that may lead them to drug abuse.
Parents play significant role in the life of children. They determine the moral tone and discipline a child puts up. Any defect in their style of relationship or communication may lead children to all sorts of delinquencies, drug abuse included. The findings of this study would in this regard, be of immense benefit to the parents by providing them with an understanding of what drug abuse is all about and suggest to them effective communication skills instead of strict rules to relate well with their youngsters in order to prevent them from drug abuse and to those who are already victims in changing their maladaptive behavior for better future.
The school also plays an ‘in loco’ parenting role of helping youths to live a purposeful life by inculcating in students the standard moral and educational values. Therefore, the school administrators (principal/vice chancellor), non- teaching and teaching staff saddled with this responsibility should understand factors that may lead to drug abuse, its consequences and how to relate well with students in preventing them from drug abuse. Thus, the findings of this study provide them with the knowledge.
The school counsellor is involved with the responsibility of helping a troubled person to feel and behave more personally satisfying manner through interpersonal interaction and provision of information and reactions which stimulate the clients to develop behavior which enable him to deal more effectively with himself and his environment. In this regard, the findings of this study would benefit professional counsellors with the understanding of causes of drug abuse prevalence and its effects, and with the method to deal with drug abuse ill among Nigeria youths. The counsellors under training would also benefit from the findings of this study as the knowledge of drug abuse counselling is rarely provided during undergraduate training.
Among the aims of education in Nigeria is to inculcate the right types of values and attitudes for survival of the individual and the Nigeria society. Also, to train the mind in the understanding of the world around and the individual to live in and contribute to the development of his/her society. The Nigeria Ministry of Education is saddled with the responsibility of planning and implementing programmes to achieve these aims. Therefore, the findings of this study would help the ministry of education at every tiers of government plan and execute programmes that will discourage youths from abusing drugs in our various schools (from primary to tertiary level).
All establishments and organizations, government or non-government involved in social works would also benefit from the findings of this study. Understanding how prevalent drug abuse is, the cause and its deteriorating effects on the society will enable them geared effort towards helping youths who are drug addicts already and prevent others from getting involved.
Operational Definition of Terms
The following terminologies were operationally defined as used in the study:
Abuse: Any use of a legal or illegal drug in a way that is detrimental to health.
Addiction: Compulsive, uncontrollable, dependence on a substance, habit or practice to such a degree that cessation causes severe emotional or psychological reactions.
Depressants: A category of drugs that sedate the users by slowing central nervous system (CNS) function, they produce tolerance and strong psychological and physical addiction in users.
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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---
