| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between stress, peer pressure and
substance abuse among school going adolescents. The study was conducted at trinity college
secondary school, Kawempe, Kampala district. A correlation design was used and 100 students
participated in this study, simple random sampling techniques was used to select the respondent.
Semi structured questionnaires were the main tools in data collection and data was analysed using
statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to
test the significance of the hypotheses. Results indicated that there is significant relationship
between stress and peer pressure as well as peer pressure and substance abuse among school going
adolescents. However, results revealed that there was no significant relationship between stress
and substance abuse among school going adolescents | en_US |
