Socio-cognitive risk factors of conventional substance abuse

• Main Authors: Uba, Ikechukwu, Yaacob, Siti Nor, Abu Talib, Mansor, Abdullah, Rohani, Mofrad, Sakineh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Economic and Social Society 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/1/Socio-cognitive%20risk%20factors%20of%20conventional%20substance%20abuse.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28212/; http://www.aessweb.com/journals/August2013/5007/2344

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.