Socio-Cognitive Risk Factors of Conventional Substance Abuse

Ikechukwu Uba, Siti Nor Yaacob, Mansor Abu Talib, Rohani Abdullah and Sakineh Mofrad

International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2013, vol. 3, issue 8, 1770-1780

Abstract: This study examined the socio-cognitive risk factors of conventional substance abuse among adolescents. The research utilized a set of self-report instruments on a sample of 352 high school students (13 to 18 years), from Lagos, Nigeria. The measures assessed substance abuse, peer substance use, stress, depression, self-esteem and religiosity. The result identified low self-esteem as the unique predictor of substance abuse among adolescents. Recommendations of the study emphasized the importance of high self-esteem among adolescents. Future research may examine other variables not assessed in the study.

Keywords: Stress; Self-esteem; Depression; Religiosity; Peer Substance Use; Substance abuse. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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