Substance use, depression, and psychosocial support among adolescents in Secondary Schools

Abstract

This research intended to study the relationship between Substance use, depression and psychosocial support among adolescents in secondary schools. Correlation study design that is quantitative was adopted to establish the relationship between variables, a total of 80 respondents participated in the study, Data collected was analyzed using statistical packages .The study reveled that there is a significant relationship between substance use and depression ,it also reveled that there is a significant relationship between substance use and psychosocial support and also reveled that there is a significant relationship between depression and psychosocial support among adolescents in secondary schools. The research was concluded that in this sense it is how important adequate psychosocial support has become in reducing substance use and depression among adolescents in secondary schools.