The Influence Of Family, Peers And Substance Availability On Substance Use Among College Students In Nigeria
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Date
2017-05
Authors
Charanchi, Isah Mamman
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Substance Use especially among the adolescents is a serious social problem that poses a major challenge to the World and the emerging developing communities like Nigeria. The phenomenon is hidden among people, but information regarding the nature, pattern, prevalence and psycho social correlates comes from many sources including empirical investigations. The current quantitative survey is a research enquiry relating to family (in the context of parenting styles, parental involvement), peer characteristics and their relationships on adolescent substance use in response to the dangerous and persistent trend of substance use among adolescent population in the north-west zone of Nigeria. Subjects in the study comprised of (600) adolescents within age cohorts from 18 and above years old randomly selected from four federal colleges of educations in the area. Using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS- SEM) 3.0 statistical tool, all the research questions and hypotheses were tested in respect with the outcome variable; adolescents substance use (alcohol, cigarette and marijuana). The results indicated that all the null hypotheses were supported, thus; there is no significant difference between parenting styles, parental involvement and adolescent substance use. The association appears positive in the authoritarian parenting. This shows that students, whose parents are authoritative and permissive, and more involved in the affairs of their children, are less likely to use
substance whereas those from authoritarian parents appeared to manifest tendency to use substances.
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Peers and substance availability on substance , among college students in Nigeria