| dc.contributor.author | Andihaihi, Lillian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-09T10:32:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-09T10:32:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8286 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted to the school of psychology department of mental health and community psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of bachelor of community psychology of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted among adolescents in Bwaise Kampala. The purpose of the study was to find whether there is no significance relationship between peer pressure, drug abuse and coping strategies among adolescents in Bwaise Kampala. However, the study used a sample of 100 adolescents who participated in the study and standardized sets of questionnaires for each variables was used to gather the required information from the respondents. Hypotheses was tested by Pearson Correlation coefficiency using SPSS and the results revealed that there is no significance relationship between peer pressure and drug abuse among adolescents. The study also revealed that there is a significance relationship between drug abuse and coping strategies and lastly the study revealed that there is no significance relationship between peer pressure and coping strategies among adolescents in Bwaise Kampala. Discussion of the results in relation to the literatures was presented in chapter five, recommendations and area for further research were indicated and references and citations clearly shown. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere university | en_US |
| dc.subject | Peer Pressure | en_US |
| dc.subject | Drug Abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bwaise Kampala | en_US |
| dc.title | Peer pressure, drug abuse and coping strategies among adolescents of Bwaise Kampala | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
