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dc.contributor.authorNassiwa, Faith
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T12:35:09Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T12:35:09Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8180
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Department of Mental Health and Community Psychology for the partial fulfillment of a Bachelors Degree of Community Psychology of Makerere University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study was aimed at finding the relationship between parenting styles, peer pressure and substance abuse among adolescents in New Kabaale High school Rubaga division Kampala district. The study targeted 100 respondents 52 males and 48 females aged 12 to 19 years. The researcher used simple random sampling. The objectives of the study were to examine the relationship between parenting styles and peer pressure, to examine the relationship between parenting styles and substance abuse and then to examine the relationship between peer pressure and substance abuse among adolescents. The parenting Style Four Factor Questionnaire Scale was used to measure parenting styles. The peer pressure scale was used for measuring peer pressure and Alcohol and Substance abuse Test for alcohol and other substance abuse. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation coefficient. The study results showed that there is no significant relationship between parenting styles and peer pressure (r=-.146**, P<147) results showed that there is no significant relationship between peer pressure and substance abuse (r=0.49**P<627) and that there is a significant relationship between parenting styles and substance abuse (r=073 P>468.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere universityen_US
dc.subjectBusegaen_US
dc.subjectHigh schoolen_US
dc.subjectKabaaleen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.titleParenting styles, peer pressure and substance sbuse among adolescents in secondary schools in Kampala district case study: New Kabaale Busega high school Rubaga divisionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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