SELF-CONCEPT AND PARENTING STYLES AS PREDICTORS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS

Abstract

This study investigated Self-concept and Parenting Styles as Predictors of Substance Abuse among 
Secondary Schools Students Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The study adopted a correlation research 
design. The population for the study comprises of all senior secondary school students in Ilorin West 
Metropolis. Simple Random Sampling Technique was used to select 150 senior secondary school students 
within the Metropolis. The instruments used for the collection of data were self-developed Self-concept Scale 
(r = 0.82), Parenting Styles Scale (r= 0.73) and Sivester‘s (2014) Substance Abuse Scale (r = 0.59). The data 
collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. The 
hypotheses were tested at 0.05. The findings revealed that there was significant relationship between selfconcept and substance abuse among senior secondary school students within Ilorin Metropolis (r. calculated 
= 0.64, df = 198 and P < 0.05); there was significant relationship between parenting styles and substance 
abuse among senior secondary school students within Ilorin Metropolis. (r. calculated = 0.64, df = 198 and 
P < 0.05); there was significant joint contribution of self-concept and parenting styles to substance abuse 
among senior secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis (AR2 = 0.59, df 2/97 = 71.13 and P < 0.05) and 
self-concept (β = 0.47) and parenting style (β = 0.46) had significant relative contributions to the prediction 
of substance abuse among senior secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis. The findings were discussed 
and necessary recommendations based on the findings of this study were put forward. Important suggestions 
on how substance abuse can be curb base on the finding of this study by subsequent efforts on this or similar 
studies are provided.