TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Age, home and school involvements, and home-school communication in alcohol use among secondary school students
JO  - Vulnerable children and youth studies
A1  - Lawal, Abiodun Musbau
SP  - 236
EP  - 245
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
N2  - Abuse of alcohol is one of the risk-taking behaviours that is prominent among adolescents in secondary schools despite global awareness on misuse and adverse effects of psychoactive substances in human body. The study investigates age, home-based involvement, school-based involvement and home-school communication as predictors of alcohol use among secondary school students. In a school-based cross-sectional approach, a convenience sample of 323 (50.8% males & 49.2% females) secondary school students currently taking alcohol aged 10 to 22 years (M = 14.19, SD = 2.29) completed self-report questionnaires. Bivariate correlations analysis was done as a preliminary statistics, while multiple regression was computed to analyse the data and provides answers to the research question. <br><br>RESULTS of four-model hierarchical multiple regression showed that all predictor variables jointly contributed to alcohol use with home-school communication recording highest score. Independently, age, home-based involvement, school-based involvement and home-school communication predicted alcohol use. It is concluded that intervention through either home-based involvement or school-based involvement alone may not have much impact in reducing levels of alcohol use in secondary school student population. Combined efforts of both parents/guardians and school teachers are passionately recommended for effective alcohol-use/risk reduction intervention.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-0128
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2019.1695993
ID  - ref1
ER  -