Parenting Style and Involvement in Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The main thrust of this study was to examine the influence of parenting styleand involvement in drug abuse amongsecondary school students in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of thisstudy. One hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. Literature review was carried out accordingly. Surveyresearch design was adopted for the study. A sample of 408 students was used for the study. The selection wasdone through the stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire titled Parenting style, and Students’Involvement in Drug Abuse Questionnaire (PSSIDAQ) was the instrument used for data collection. The instrumentwas validated by two experts from Measurement/Evaluation and one from Guidance and Counselling. Thereliability estimate of the instruments was established through Cronbach Alpha reliability method. One wayanalysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypothesis under study. The hypothesis was tested at .05 levelof significance. The result of the analysis revealed that parenting style significantly influence students’involvement in drug abuse in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of thestudy, it was recommended among others that Guidance and counselling unit should be established in schools toenable students who have social adjustment problem to be guided.