Self-Concept Clarity, Learned Helplessness and Fatigue Severity as Predictors of Psychoactive Drug Use and Abuse among Undergraduates

Authors

  • Olusegun E. Adeoye Department of Family Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, (234) Nigeria
  • Samuel S. Fasanmi Department of Psychology, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, (234) Nigeria.
  • Jacob Igo Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Oyo State, (234) Nigeria

Keywords:

Self-Concept Clarity, Learned Helplessness, Fatigue Severity, Psychoactive Drug Use and Abuse

Abstract

This research investigated self-concept clarity, learned helplessness and fatigue severity on psychoactive drug use and abuse among undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi. A cross-sectional survey design was used for the study. A total number of 400 participants consisted of 240 (60.0%) males and 160 (40.0%) females were used. A battery of standardized tests such as learned helplessness scale self-concept scale, fatigue severity scale and substance scale were used for data collection. Findings from the first hypothesis indicated that that self-concept clarity did not significantly predict psychoactive drug use and abuse among undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi. On the other hand, there was a significant relationship between learned helplessness and psychoactive drug use and abuse among undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi. In the same vein, there was a significant relationship between fatigue severity and psychoactive drug use and abuse among undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi. The result also indicated that there was significant joint relationship among self-concept clarity, learned helplessness, fatigue severity and psychoactive drug use and abuse among undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi. It was concluded that self-concept clarity, learned helplessness and fatigue severity have significant relationship with psychoactive drug use and abuse. It was recommended that students should not be pushed into situation that could lead them to learn to be helpless and as the same time too much stress should be avoided among students in order not to make them engage into drug use as a result of fatigue.

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2020-08-15

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E. Adeoye, O. ., S. Fasanmi, S. ., & Igo, J. . (2020). Self-Concept Clarity, Learned Helplessness and Fatigue Severity as Predictors of Psychoactive Drug Use and Abuse among Undergraduates. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 53(2), 198–210. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/11597

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