Psychoactive substance use among students in some selected public secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBalogun, Obasanjo Solomon
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T10:25:36Z
dc.date.available2025-04-29T10:25:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the use of psychoactive substance among secondary school students in public schools. It focused on the prevalence of use, reasons for use, and perceived effect of psychoactive substance use among the students. The study adopted a survey design using structured questionnaire to obtain quantitative data from sample size of one hundred and fifty (150) senior secondary school students randomly selected from public (government-established) secondary schools within Ilorin metropolis. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistic such as frequency table and simple percentage, with the aid of statistical package for social science (SPSS), version 20. The study found among other things high prevalence of substance use among the secondary school students, with 54.0% and 41.3% reported lifetime and current use, respectively. Alcohol was found to be the most commonly used substance among lifetime and current users (76.5% and 74.2% respectively). The major reason reported for lifetime substance was based on curiosity and desire to experiment (71.6%), while the reported major reason for current substance was to be bold and strong (79.0%). The perceived effects of psychoactive use were found to include: running away from home (58.7%),addiction and more cravings for substances (54.0%), and poor academic performance (52.0%), among others. The study concludes based on the findings that psychoactive substance use is prevalent among secondary school students, especially in public schools, therefore, measures should be devised in curbing this menace. The study recommends, among others, that parents should adequately monitor their children and know the type of friends they associate with; children (students) themselves should shun association that can have negative influence on their behaviour; intensive sensitisation and anti-drug abuse advocacy should be championed in the community as well as in schools.
dc.identifier.issn2805-380X
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15647
dc.publisherDepartment of Psychology, University of Ilorin
dc.subjectdrug abuse
dc.subjectprevalence of psychoactive substance use
dc.subjectpsychoactive substance
dc.subjectsecondary school students
dc.titlePsychoactive substance use among students in some selected public secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State
dc.typeArticle

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Psychological Substance Use among Students in Some Selected Public Secondary Schools in Ilorin, Kwara State (1).pdf
Size:
4.15 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections