Substance abuse among youth antecedents, consequences, and intention to stop: A case of three towns in Adea Berga Woreda
| dc.contributor.advisor | Com.Demelash Kassaye (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abera Diriba | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-25T20:24:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-25T20:24:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-04-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Concerning youth substance abuse, particularly in Africa and Ethiopia, was causing significant challenges for millions worldwide, including Adea Berga Woreda, who has also faced significant challenges. The aim of this study was to assess substance abuse among young people and identify its antecedents, consequences, and intention to stop among youths using substances in the three towns of Adea Berga Woreda. To achieve the objective of the study, this research adopted a descriptive research design and followed a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative approaches. In this study, convenience sampling was employed due to the lack of a complete list of substance abuse-related young people registered in the three towns other than the total of substance users. The process involved proportionately allocating the sample size to each town and continuing the sampling until the desired sample size of 256 was reached. . The necessary data collection and information for the study were conducted through structured questionnaires, observation, and in-depth interviews. Using descriptive statistics, the acquired data were analyzed using frequency distributions, percentages, graphs, and tables. The findings of this study showed that, among young people in the three towns of Adea Berga Woreda, the most commonly abused substances were alcohol (33.07%), chewing kchat (24.30%), smoking hashish (19.52%), smoking shisha (12.35%), cannabis (2.79%), and tobacco/cigarettes (2.39%). The results showed that alcohol, chewing kchat, and smoking hashish were the most highly abused substances by young people. The result demonstrates that youth’s main source of money to buy substances was the job creation office, which organized Dangote cement factories in small cement enterprises, earning enough money in their pockets every month without work. The main reasons participants increased substance use in the towns were Adea Berga Woreda's cement industries, the opportunity for young people organized in Dangote cement factories by small cement enterprises, earning enough money in their pockets every month without work, peer pressure, drug accessibility, poor parental supervision, and a lack of local police. According to the study, the majority of respondents to the in-depth interview stressed that the main consequences encountered by young people who abuse substances were various societal issues, impairments in physical well-being, and psychological, social, and behavioral problems. This study indicates that a significant proportion of youths expressed a high intention to quit substance abuse, indicating their awareness of the harmful effects of substance abuse and their desire to change their behavior. Based on the findings of the study, some possible recommendations were made for family, government, and the researcher. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3991 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Substance abuse among youth antecedents | |
| dc.subject | Concerning youth substance abuse | |
| dc.title | Substance abuse among youth antecedents, consequences, and intention to stop: A case of three towns in Adea Berga Woreda | |
| dc.type | Thesis |