| dc.contributor.author | Nannozi, Lauryn Kawere | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-17T13:28:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-17T13:28:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-09-23 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nannozi, L. K. (2023) Socio-economic status, peer pressure and drug abuse among the adolescents (Unpublished Undergraduate's Dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/18288 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted to the School of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Bachelor Degree in Community Psychology of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between socio-economic status, peer pressure and drug abuse among adolescents. A correlational study design that is quantitative was adopted to establish the both the relationship between the variables of which they were selected randomly. A total of 112 respondents, both male and female participated in the study. Data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), where a Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used to test the significance of the hypotheses. The study results revealed that there was there is a negative statistical significant relationship between socio-economic status and drug abuse among adolescents; was is no significant relationship between socio-economic status and peer pressure among adolescents, furthermore results revealed that there was no significant relationship between peer pressure and drug abuse among adolescents | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Socio-economic status | en_US |
| dc.subject | Peer pressure | en_US |
| dc.subject | Drug Abusea | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
| dc.title | Socio-economic Status, Peer Pressure and Drug Abuse among the Adolescents | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
