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Predisposing Factors Influencing Psychoactive Substances Consumption among Students in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

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Author	Adegboyega, Joseph Afolayan
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This study investigated the predisposing factors influencing psychoactive substances consumption among students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The population for this study consisted of male and female students on full time programmes in the thirty five government owned tertiary institutions (Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and Universities) in Southwest, Nigeria. A sample of 2,297 drawn through a multistage sampling technique was used for the study. A structured questionnaire, developed and validated by the researchers was used to collect data for the study. Descriptive statistics, t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multiple Regression were used to answer the research question as well as test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that alcohol, caffeine and tobacco were the major psychoactive substances consumed by the respondents. Predisposing factors such as overcoming nervousness, relaxation, performance enhancement, sleeplessness and parental influence were the major reasons for psychoactive substances consumption among the respondents. Also, there was a significant influence of age and sex of respondents on psychological and sociological factors of psychoactive substances consumption. However, sociological factor was found to be the best predictor for consuming psychoactive substances. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that a comprehensive drug education programme be introduced into the curriculum of tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
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Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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