ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG THE ADOLESCENCE

Mrs Jipsa Philip

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG THE ADOLESCENCE

Mrs Jipsa Philip

Abstract :

Introduction: Substance abuse refers to the use of psychoactive substance or drugs, including licit and illicit drugs, other than when medically indicated. Substance abuse is the serious and common problem in and around the nation. Hence, inappropriate and inadequate knowledge of factors influencing substance abuse among adolescence will have increased incidences of substance abuse. Method: A descriptive design was used for this study. The subjects were selected by convenient sampling technique which comprised of 100 adolescence aged from 18–23 in a selected college, Bangalore. Baseline variables, structured knowledge questionnaire and attitude questionnaire were used as a tool to collect the data and the data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: From the study it was found that majority of the adolescence there was a significant association between adolescence knowledge and attitude of adolescence regarding factors influencing substance abuse. If they have a positive attitude towards those factors influencing substance abuse they have a good knowledge about the factors related to substance abuse among the adolescence. The findings of the study have shown that majority of the adolescence about 23% had adequate knowledge and about 65% had moderate knowledge while only 12% of them had least or inadequate knowledge. About 3% had unfavourable attitude and about 83% had moderate favourable attitude and about 14% had favourable attitude toward the factors influencing substance abuse.