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    Peer pressure, drug abuse and coping strategies among students at YMCA Comprehensive Institute Kampala Branch

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    Master's dissertation (840.9Kb)
    Date
    2023-11
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    Nakanjako, Ritah
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    The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between peer pressure, drug abuse and coping strategies among students at YMCA comprehensive institute Kampala branch. A survey design was used and 100 students participated in the study. A standardized set of questionnaires for each variable was used to gather the required information from the respondents. To measure the peer pressure, drug abuse and coping variables data was analyzed using the statistical package for social scientists (SPSS 25). Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used to determine the strength and direction of relationship between variables. It was used to determine whether there was a significant relationship between peer pressure and drug abuse whether there was a significant relationship between drug abuse and coping among students hypothesis tested using Pearson rank correlation coefficient. In conclusion therefore there was a strong relationship between peer pressure and drug abuse, also there was a strong relationship between drug abuse and coping strategies therefore the alternative hypothesis is maintained, however there is no strong significant relationship between peer pressure and coping strategies among students at YMCA therefore the alternative hypothesis is rejected.
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