PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF ILLICIT SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON ATTITUDE TO ACADEMICS AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS OF JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, IKEJI-ARAKEJI, OSUN STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Illicit Substance abuse is a global problem that poses a great danger to the lives of
individuals, society and causes political instability and insecurity in many countries.
This study examined the perceived effects of illicit substance abuse on the attitude to
academics of female students of Joseph Ayo Babalola University Osun State.
Specifically, the objectives were to evaluate the knowledge of illicit substance abuse,
identify the illicit substances that are most commonly abused, identify the causes of
illicit substance and determine the effects of these illicit substances on the academic
performance of the respondents. Both theoretical framework and empirical literatures
were reviewed in line with the study objectives and Goal Attainment Model was
considered suitable for this study. A descriptive survey design was adopted for this
study and population based sample size and sample size determination was used to
select 353 students for the study. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect
data for the study. Ethical approval was obtained as required. SPSS version 26 was
used to analyze data into frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics of chi
square was used to analyze the hypotheses. Analysis showed that majority (81.9%) of
students had good level of knowledge of illicit substance abuse. Also cannabis was
deduced to be the most commonly abused illicit substance with 95.3% prevalence.
Certain causes of illicit substance abuse include non-chalant attitude of parents, peer
group influence, academic problems, influence of social media. Furthermore,majority
(98.30%) of the respondents stated memory loss as one of the perceived effects of
illicit substance abuse. Recommendation and suggestions were made based on the
findings of the study.
Keywords: Perceived, effect, illicit substance, academic performance, illicit substance
abuse
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