Stress, Socio-economic Status and Drug Abuse among Adults in Slum Areas.

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dc.contributor.author Nabaasa, Mackline
dc.contributor.author Beinomugasho, Winnie
dc.contributor.author Tumwine, Belinda
dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-25T09:24:14Z
dc.date.available 2021-03-25T09:24:14Z
dc.date.issued 2019-05
dc.description A research proposal submitted to the School of Psychology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Bachelors of Community Psychology Degree Makerere University en_US
dc.description.abstract This study examined the relationship between Stress, Socioeconomic Status and Drug Abuse among adults in slum areas a case of Katanga slum. It adopted a correlational research design. A sample of 124 adults 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 (r s ) was used to test the significance of the hypotheses. It was revealed that there is no significant relationship between Stress and Socioeconomic status, it was also revealed that there was a negative significant relationship between socioeconomic status and drug abuse, and lastly it was revealed that there is no relationship between stress and drug abuse. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/9821
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Makerere University en_US
dc.subject Drug abuse en_US
dc.subject Stress en_US
dc.subject Katanga slum en_US
dc.subject Adults en_US
dc.title Stress, Socio-economic Status and Drug Abuse among Adults in Slum Areas. en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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