| dc.contributor.author | Bakunzi, Rhoda Favour | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-03T11:36:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-03T11:36:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8056 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor’s degree in Community Psychology of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the relationship between parental separation, self-esteem, and
substance abuse among school going adolescents. It adopted a correlational research design. A
sample of 100 adolescents were selected by use of simple random technique. Data was collected
by use of self-administered questionnaires and was analyzed using the statistical package for social
scientists (SPSS). Spearman Correlation coefficient (rs) was used to test the significance of the
hypotheses. It was revealed that there is a negative significant relationship between Self-esteem
and Substance abuse, it was also revealed that there was a significant relationship between
socioeconomic status and substance abuse. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Parental separation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self- esteem | en_US |
| dc.subject | Substance abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | School going adolescents | en_US |
| dc.title | Parental separation, self-esteem and substance abuse among adolescents (10 – 15 years) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
