DRUG ABUSE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS CORRELATES TO ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN IGNATIUS AJURU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

This study investigated drug abuse and social media as correlates of anti-social behaviour among undergraduates in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. Two research questions and its corresponding null hypotheses guided the study. The correlational research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study consisted of 5658 undergraduates in the university. The sample of the study comprised 400 undergraduates. The sample size was determined using Taro Yamene. The sampling technique was simple random sampling technique. Three self-structured questionnaires titled: “Drug Abuse Scale (DAS), Social Media Scale (SMS) and Anti Social Behaviour Scale (ABS) were used in gathering data for the study. The instrument was validated by three experts. The Drug Abuse Scale yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.72; the Social Media Scale yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.69 while the Anti Social Behaviour Scale yielded 0.74 indicating that the instruments are quite reliable. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used in answering the research questions and testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that: There is significant relationship between drug abuse and antisocial behaviour among male and female undergraduates in the University and there is also significant relationship between social media and antisocial behaviour among male and female undergraduates in the University. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that: University management should regularly organize orientation programmes to acquaint undergraduates of the danger of drug abuse and right use of social media, undergraduates involved in drug abuse should be encouraged to go for counselling to seek help, there should be synergy between university management, parents and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in order to rehabilitate undergraduates involved in drug abuse.