PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KINANGO SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

Authors

  • Misango Nathan Chapia School of Education, Maasai Mara University, Kenya
  • Mwaura Kimani School of Education, Maasai Mara University, Kenya
  • Naftali Rop School of Education, Maasai Mara University, Kenya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i10.3942

Keywords:

parental influence, drugs, substance abuse, secondary school

Abstract

The United Nations office on Drug and Crime estimates that 200 million people worldwide abuse drugs. Africa is a major supplier of drugs such as cannabis and cocaine which are the most widely abused. Large hauls of cannabis and cocaine have been discovered in East African region. In Kenya, findings show that drug and substance abuse is a major social problem. A report of survey on drug and substance abuse by NACADA, revealed that 32.4% of people aged between 18-28 years have consumed alcohol or other type of drugs and substances. Majority of secondary school students are in the age bracket 14-22 years, the group that is most affected. Drug and substance abuse is partly responsible for the riots, strikes, destruction and burning of property in secondary schools. The prevalence rate of drug abuse in Kinango Sub-County was 20.3%. The purpose of the study was to investigate parental influence on Drug and Substance Abuse among Secondary School Students in Kinango Sub-County Kwale County. Erickson’s theory on social development and Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (SLT) helped in explaining the findings of the study. A survey research design was employed for the study with the study population comprising of all secondary school students, heads of guidance and counselling departments and deputy principals in Kinango sub-county totalling 4,964 people. Four public secondary schools were selected through stratified random sampling. The sample size comprised of 4 deputy principals, 4 heads of guidance and counselling departments of the selected schools and 384 students selected by random sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires and an interview schedule. Validity of the instruments was ensured by using expert judgement of my supervisors. A mixed research methodology was used during data presentation where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to make inferences and draw conclusions. This was done with help of SPSS version 23. The overall reliability of all the instruments had Cronbach’s alpha of 0.842 which was above the minimum threshold of 0.7. Validity was determined by; the Kaiser- Meyer-Olkim (KMO) Measures of Sampling Adequacy and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity. Values of 0.787 and 0.000 were obtained respectively, which are acceptable indexes. It was established that there is statistically significant influence of parental influence on drug and substance abuse among secondary school students in Kinango sub-County from hypothesis one (p˂ 0.05). The study recommended that parents should abstain from drugs because they are role models of their children and that guidance and counselling should be strengthen in schools.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Misango Nathan Chapia, School of Education, Maasai Mara University, Kenya
    Misango Nathan Chapia is a Master’s Degree student in Guidance and Counselling at Maasai Mara University, Kenya.
  • Mwaura Kimani, School of Education, Maasai Mara University, Kenya
    Dr. Mwaura Kimani is a Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Education Maasai Mara University, Kenya. He has vast experience in qualitative and quantitative research in educational Statistics, measurement and evaluation. He has long university teaching experience and Student supervision.
  • Naftali Rop, School of Education, Maasai Mara University, Kenya
    Dr. Naftali Rop is a Lecturer in Special Needs Education in the Educational Foundation & Psychology Department at the School of Education Maasai Mara University, Kenya.

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2021-09-21

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