Drug Abuse and Academic Performance of Students in Social Studies Education in Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State: Implications for Sustainability Education

John; Enoobong George; David Francis Ekpoto; Essien Ekpenyong Essien

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Drug Abuse and Academic Performance of Students in Social Studies Education in Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State: Implications for Sustainability Education

John, Enoobong George, David Francis Ekpoto, Essien Ekpenyong Essien

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This study examined the relationship between drug abuse and academic performance of Social Studies students in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. One null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed accordingly. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of two hundred students was randomly selected from a population of two thousand students which is ten percent for the study. Two instruments were used for data collection. The first was a questionnaire titled ‘Drug Abuse Questionnaire (DAQ)’ with ten items to measured drug abuse. While the second was a thirty items objective test to measure academic performance in Social Studies. The instruments were subjected to both face and content validity by experts in Measurement and Evaluation in the University of Calabar. The reliability of the instruments was established through the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient and Kuder-Richardson 21 to test the reliability for the students’ academic performance. Data collected were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis. The hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that drug abuse is significantly related to academic performance of social studies. It was recommended that; Government bodies should endorse laws prohibiting sales of alcohol to youths and students, run constant awareness programme on the threats of alcohol consumption on the academic performance of students starting from junior secondary to those in their final year.

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Adolescentsalcohol consumptiondrug abuseSocial Studiesstudents’ academic

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