Age, Gender, Socio-Economic Status, Attitudes Towards Drug Abuse as Determinants of Deviant Behavior Among Undergraduate Students

Oguntayo Rotimi, Ajao Paul O., Akintunde Kayode A., Popoola Oluwagbemiga A. and Opayemi Aderemi S.
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Oguntayo Rotimi: University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Ajao Paul O.: University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Akintunde Kayode A.: University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Popoola Oluwagbemiga A.: University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Opayemi Aderemi S.: University of Winnipeg, Canada

European Review of Applied Sociology, 2020, vol. 13, issue 21, 38-46

Abstract: Evidence from literature shows that deviant behavior is on high side among undergraduates in Nigeria whereas some certain psychosocial factors causing this phenomenon have not been fully explored. This study examined whether age, gender, socio-economic status and attitude towards drug abuse determine deviant behavior among the undergraduate students. It adopted ex-post facto design. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample 269 participants. The Prescription Drug Attitudes Questionnaire (PDAQ) and Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (DBVS) were used to gather data from the participants. T-test analysis and multiple regression were used to test the formulated hypotheses. The results revealed that age, monthly allowance and attitude towards drug abuse have significant joint prediction of deviant behavior (R=.358 R2 =.128, F=10.594, p

Keywords: Gender; Attitude towards drug abuse; Undergraduates; Deviant behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/eras-2020-0009

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