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Age, Gender, Socio-Economic Status, Attitudes Towards Drug Abuse as Determinants of Deviant Behavior Among Undergraduate Students

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  • Oguntayo Rotimi
  • Ajao Paul O.
  • Akintunde Kayode A.

    (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)

  • Popoola Oluwagbemiga A.

    (University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)

  • Opayemi Aderemi S.

    (University of Winnipeg, Canada)

Abstract

Evidence from literature shows that deviant behavior is on high side among undergraduates in Nigeria whereas some certain psychosocial factors causing this phenomenon have not been fully explored. This study examined whether age, gender, socio-economic status and attitude towards drug abuse determine deviant behavior among the undergraduate students. It adopted ex-post facto design. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample 269 participants. The Prescription Drug Attitudes Questionnaire (PDAQ) and Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (DBVS) were used to gather data from the participants. T-test analysis and multiple regression were used to test the formulated hypotheses. The results revealed that age, monthly allowance and attitude towards drug abuse have significant joint prediction of deviant behavior (R=.358 R2 =.128, F=10.594, p

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  • Oguntayo Rotimi & Ajao Paul O. & Akintunde Kayode A. & Popoola Oluwagbemiga A. & Opayemi Aderemi S., 2020. "Age, Gender, Socio-Economic Status, Attitudes Towards Drug Abuse as Determinants of Deviant Behavior Among Undergraduate Students," European Review of Applied Sociology, Sciendo, vol. 13(21), pages 38-46, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:erapso:v:13:y:2020:i:21:p:38-46:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/eras-2020-0009
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