Factors Influencing Alcohol Abuse Among Secondary School Students In Narok South Subcounty, Kenya
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Date
2016Author
Keiwua, Timothy O.
Type
ThesisLanguage
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing
alcohol abuse among secondary school students in Narok South sub County,
Kenya. The following research objectives guided the study; To establish the
influence of drinking parents and alcohol abuse by secondary school students,
to examine the influence peer pressure on alcohol abuse amongst secondary
school students, to determine the influence of family economic status on
alcohol amongst secondary school students and to determine influence of
Maasai community perception on use of alcohol on alcohol abuse among
secondary school students in Narok South Sub county. The study employed a
descriptive research design. The study comprised of a target population of 39
secondary schools, 265teachers and 39 principals. A total of 8 schools, 8
principals, 31 class teachers and 368 students who took part in the study. Data
was collected by the use of questionnaire and interview guides. The collected
data was systematically organized in a manner that facilitated analysis. Raw
data was combined into themes and then summarized into frequency tables
and percentages. The coding of categorized data was done according to the
various themes stipulated by the question items. Data was then put in tabular
forms for analysis by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
Descriptive statistics consisted of tabulation of frequencies and percentage
distribution, measures of central tendency and standard deviations. The
analyzed data was presented in tables of frequency and percentage
distribution, bar graphs and pie charts. From the study, the following findings
were made: is a significance relationship between peer influence (p<0.05) and
students’ alcohol abuse(p<0.05), there is a significant relationship between
availability of financial resources and students alcohol abuse (p<0.05), there is
no relationship between cultural practices and usage of alcohol by students,
lack of parental involvement in their children’s lives influence alcohol abuse
to a great extent,peer pressure influence students’ alcohol abuse, there was a
significant relationship between community perception on use of alcohol and
students’ alcohol abuse as indicated by 59.2% of the respondents. The study
recommended that there was need for teaching school children about the
inherent dangers of taking alcohol, Guidance and counselling, Teaching about
drug use and abuse as a subject, Conducting seminars and debates and
establishing strict school rules and incorporation of parents in school
counselling sessions especially those with special expertise in the area of
alcohol use and abuse. It was suggested another research to be done to cover
other effects of alcohol abuse among students in Narok South Sub County.
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University Of Nairobi
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