Relationship between Drug Abuse and Psychosocial Behaviours among Adolescents’ in Senior Secondary Schools in Cross River State, Nigeria - Counseling Interventions

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between drug abuse and psychosocial behaviours among adolescents’ in senior secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study, three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed according to the hypotheses of the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents was randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through the simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection, which was successfully administered by the researchers. To test the hypotheses and ascertain whether to reject or retain them, Pearson product moment correlation analysis was the major tool for data analysis. All the hypotheses were subjected to testing at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that drug abuse significantly relate with psychosocial behaviours among adolescents’ in senior secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Government, counselors and the society at large should play their part to mitigate these anti-social behaviors, also parent-child relations be strengthened to avoid tensions which ultimately lead to adolescent substance abuse.

Keyword: Relationship, drug abuse, psychosocial behaviours, adolescents, counseling. interventions