Influence of Psychoactive Substance use on Students' Self-esteem among Nasarawa State University Undergraduate, Keffi

Abstract

This study examine the Influence of psychoactive substance use on students' self-esteem among Nasarawa State University Undergraduate, Keffi. 100 participants were randomly selected from four different departments of Nasarawa state university, keffi they include: Political Science Department, History Department, Christian Religious Studies Department and Geography Department out of which 50 were males and 50 were females, their age ranged from 8-40 years. The purpose of the study is to examine whether male indulge in psychoactive substance use than female, and to also investigate the degree of self-esteem of students and the possible cause of psychoactive substance use among students. Data were collected using questionnaire and chi-square statistics was used for data analysis. The result shows that; there will be a significant difference in self-esteem of male and female in the perception of substance X2=0.25; df=1; p>0.05, and Student with high self-esteem will have significantly more negative perception of psychoactive substance use than students with low self-esteem at X2=1.8; df=1; p>0.05.