MOTIVATION FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG STUDENTS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ABEOKUTA, NIGERIA
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2016
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Faculty of education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract
Alcohol consumption has assumed a worrisome trend among students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. This study investigates the motivation for alcohol consumption among students of tertiary institutions in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The differences in the respondents' expression on the bases of gender, type of institution and family type were also examined. The descriptive survey was considered appropriate for this study. Two Hundred students of tertiary institutions in Abeokuta were selected using Purposive and Simple Random Sampling Techniques. The participants responded to the Motivation for Alcohol Consumption Questionnaire, (MACQ). The validity of the instrument was done by experts and the reliability of the instrument was ascertained with r value of 0.80. The data collected were analyzed using t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistical tools at 0.05 alpha level. Results showed that the motivation for alcohol consumption due to desire to reduce academic stress (X: 3.29), prevailing peer group influence (X: 3.29), feelings of inferiority complex (X: 3.04), and desire to overcome psychological problems (X: 2.94). It was also revealed that there were no significant differences in the motivation for alcohol consumption among students of tertiary institutions in Abeokuta on the bases of gender (t: 1.96>0,30), type of institution (f: 3.00>2.67) and family type (f: 3.00>1.01). The implications of this study for counselling practice and professional counsellors is that effort should be put in place to dissuade the minds of students of tertiary institutions from consuming alcohol and direct their energy towards self-benefitting activities. Counsellors should assist students to wade off prevailing peer influence and help them to develop good study habit skills. Counsellors need to counsel students of tertiary institutions irrespective of gender or type of institution, to employ appropriate strategies in coping with academic stress rather than consuming alcohol.
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Empirical study
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Alcohol, Abeokuta, Motivation, Tertiary Institution
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Odebode A. A, Okesina F. A. & Mustapha, M. L. A. (2016): Motivation for alcohol consumption among students of tertiary institutions in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Ilorin Journal of Education. 35; 25-35, Published by Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria