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    Child abuse, self-esteem and academic performance among adolescents in Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2019-09) Kazooba, Wilson ; Andihaihi, Sandra ; Kenkuyo, Peninah
    The study focused on the relationship between Child Abuse, Self Esteem and Academic Performance among Adolescents in Uganda. It was carried out in Makerere Highway Senior Secondary School where a total of 130 adolescents were interviewed. The study undertook a correctional research design. It was found that there is indeed a negative significant relationship between Child abuse and academic performance. This goes to show that school going adolescents who have not undergone child abuse will have a better academic performance as compared to those adolescents who have undergone child abuse. The findings of the study have further showed that there is a negative significant relationship between Child abuse and self-esteem among school going adolescents. This has shown that adolescents who are undergoing child abuse will have low self-esteem while those adolescents who have not undergone child abuse have high self-esteem. Lastly the findings further indicated that there is a positive significant relationship between selfesteem and academic performance. Adolescents with high self-esteem will perform better than those with low self-esteem.
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    Parental separation, self-esteem and substance abuse among adolescents (10-15 years)
    (Makerere University, 2019-05) Namiiro, Barlow Nicole k
    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.
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    Parental separation, self-esteem and substance use among early adolescents in Namungoona secondary school
    (Makerere University, 2019-09) Akello, Loise
    This dissertation study examines the relationship between parental separation, self-esteem and substance abuse among early adolescents. According to existing literature, parental separation is a major contributor to problems faced by most young adolescents as they must grow. Most of them fail to cope positively maybe because they don't have anyone to run to since the people they have been depending on for emotional support are no longer together this affects their self-esteem and influences them to use substances to cope with the occurring problems. To achieve the purpose of this study, questionnaires addressing parental separation, self-esteem and substance abuse were administered to 99 young adolescents of Namungoona Secondary School, ages 10 to 14. The results of the study show parental separation as a low risk factor for substance abuse among young adolescents and neither does self-esteem significantly influence the involvement of adolescents in substance abuse. While the results suggest otherwise from the literature, it is still important to stress the need to prepare adolescents for parental separation when it is being planned through counseling to minimize its negative effects on them.
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    Self-esteem, depression and substance abuse among school going adolescents in Wakiso district.
    (Makerere University, 2021-02) Bbaale, Isa
    The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between self-esteem, depression and substance abuse among school going adolescents in a school located in Nansana municipality Wakiso district. The study targeted 100 adolescents, 58 males and 42 females aged 16-18years of age and a qualitative research design; correlational method was adopted to establish the relationship between the variables. A purposefully constructed self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from the 100 respondents. Collected data was analyzed using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS-24) and Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used to test the level of significance of the hypothesis. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between Stress and substance abuse; (r=.297**, p=.000), stress and depression are also significantly related; (r=.606, p=.000), the results also revealed that Substance abuse is significantly related to depression among adolescents; (r=.320, p=.000).This study recommends that schools, organizations and institutions that deal with adolescents should endeavor to provide counselling to reduce high levels of stress which in turn may reduce intake substance abuse.