POSITIVE PARENTING AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN KWARA STATE

Abstract

Parenting is the raising, promoting, supporting the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child, from the time the child is born until adulthood, However, positive parenting aims to bring out the best in our children by highlighting their assets. Therefore, this study investigated the positive parenting and substance abuse among undergraduates in Kwara State. The study's goal was to determine the connection between positive parenting and substance abuse among undergraduates in Kwara State. For the study, a correlational research design was used. The study's participants comprised all undergraduates in universities in Kwara State. Purposive Sampling Procedure was used to select 150 undergraduates in universities Kwara State. Nicomachus Positive Parenting Scale (NPPS 2017) and Kansas Substance Missuse Scale (2019) were used to collect the necessary data. The data collected were analysed, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, at a significance threshold of 0.05. The results showed that there was a strong correlation between positive parenting and substance abuse among undergraduate students in universities in Kwara State. (r.cal = 0.37, df = 148 and p<0.05). Discussion of the findings and appropriate suggestions are made, which include the fact that parents, counsellors, religious leaders, counselling psychologists, government and the entire society, should play their roles as expected, so as to curb the menace of substance abuse among undergraduates.