Substance abuse, self-esteem and academic performance among adolescents

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dc.contributor.author Linda, Isabella
dc.date.accessioned 2020-01-09T09:31:36Z
dc.date.available 2020-01-09T09:31:36Z
dc.date.issued 2019-09
dc.description A dissertation Submitted to the School of Psychology in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelors’ Degree in community psychology Makerere University en_US
dc.description.abstract The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between substance abuse, self esteem and academic performance among adolescents. The study was conducted at Kololo secondary school located in Kampala District. A correlation study design was used as 70 school going adolescent students participated in the study. Semi structured questionnaire were the main tools in data collection and data was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Pearson’s correlation co-efficient(r) was used to determine the level of significant relationship between substance abuse and academic performance. However results revealed that there was no significant relationship between substance abuse and self esteem as well as self esteem and academic performance among adolescents as swell as self esteem en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8274
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Makerere University en_US
dc.subject Substance abuse en_US
dc.subject Self-esteem en_US
dc.subject Academic performance en_US
dc.subject Adolescents en_US
dc.subject Kololo secondary school en_US
dc.title Substance abuse, self-esteem and academic performance among adolescents en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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