Domestic violence, drug abuse and depression among the adolescents. a case study of katanga adolescents

Abstract

This study entitled Domestic violence, drug abuse and depression among in Katanga was done basing on the background that there is an increase in the cases of drug abuse that has been recorded of recent years. The research adopted a correlational study design to establish the relationship between domestic violence, drug abuse and depression among adolescents in Katanga. A total of 100 respondents were purposely selected to participate in the study since the method was appropriate as the researcher used her own judgment to select the respondents. Data collection was done using self-administered questionnaires and was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (r) was then applied to determine the level of the hypothesis.