Drug Use, Risk Sexual Behaviors and Coping Styles among Secondary School Students in Nansana Municipality Wakiso District

Abstract

The study was conducted among secondary school students in Nansana Municipality. The purpose of the study was to find whether drug use, risky sexual behavior and coping strategies are significantly related. The study used a sample of 100 students 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 drug use and risky sexual behavior among students. The study also revealed that there is a significant relationship between drug use and coping strategies and lastly the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between risky sexual behavior and coping strategies among students in Nansana Municipality. 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.