Identification of Positive Alcohol Expectancies among Male and Female Adolescents in Rivers State: Implication for Intervention
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 4
Abstract
This study was set out to identify alcohol expectancies held about alcohol consumption by male and female adolescents inGokanalocal government area of Rivers State. The population for the study comprised of 10,750 public secondary school students while the sample of the study was 300 adolescents students that were selected through simple random sampling technique. A researchers made instrument tagged Adolescents Alcohol Expectancies Inventory (AAEI) was used. Data were collated and computed with simple percentage to find out the alcohol expectancies of male and female adolescents. The findings revealed that adolescents have a very high percentage of alcohol expectancy.Furthermore, there is higher percentage of male adolescent alcohol expectancy than female adolescent in Gokana local government area of Rivers State. Implications for intervention were presented, conclusion and recommendations were also made.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Glory. N. Amadi
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP413701
- DOI 10.9790/7388-0804015458.
- Views 64
- Downloads 0
A Review of thePhilosophy ofInternational Education inanInternational School Setting
International Schools have long been thought of as bastions of international education due to many similar attributes that they share. However, international education in the true spirit of its philosophy goes beyond the...
Attitude of Students towards Alcohol Abuse in Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
The study was carried out to access the attitude of students towards alcohol abuse in University of Agriculture, Makurdi in Benue State. A sample of 1,458 students was used for the study using a random sampling technique...
Critical Thinking Disposition of Junior High School Student in West Sumbawa Regency
Critical thinking disposition is a competency required by our students to be able to compete in the 21st century. The Critical thinking disposition is important to analyze early on. The competence must be paid attention...
Managing functional upper basic vocational education for sustainable national development in nigeria
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of managing functional upper basic vocational education for sustainable national development in Nigeria. Two research questions were formulated and two hypotheses teste...
The Influence of the Application of One Teacher One Innovation with Inspirational Approach to Improve Learning Innovation of Elementary School Teachers
This study aims at describing the effect of the application of one teacher one innovation with inspirational approach on teachers at elementary school or Sekolah Dasar (SD) Gugus IV in Makassar which specifically related...