Social support self-esteem, and substance abuse among school ongoing adolescents

Abstract

The aim of study was to examine the relationship between social support, self-esteem and substance abuse among school ongoing adolescents. The study conducted among adolescents aged between 14-19 years in Kampala district. A correlation study design was used and 100 respondents participated in this study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Semi structured questionnaires where the main tools in data correction and data was analyzed using statistical package for social scientists (SPSS) person’s correlation coefficient (r) was used to determine the level of significance of the hypothesis. Results indicated that there is significant relationship between social support and substance abuse as well as between self-esteem and substance abuse however results also revealed that there is no significant relationship social support and self-esteem among school ongoing adolescent results.