Peer Group Influence Alcohol Consumption And Academic Self Esteem Of Adolescents In North Shoa Zone The Case Of Ataye Secondary School

This study examined the relationship between peer group influence alcohol consumptionrnand academic self esteem of adolescents in Ataye secondary school for this purpose datarnwas taken from 179 grade nine students . In order to achieve this objective correlationalrnresearch design was employed through quantitative data (self administered structuredrnquestionnaires ). The analysis employedrnSPSS version 20 to calculate Pearsonrncorrelation coefficient , independent sample t-test and multiple regression .The Pearsonrncorrelationrnresults indicated thatrnpeer group influence is significantly negativelyrncorrelated with adolescents' alcohol consumption (as peer group influence increasesrnalcohol consumption decreases) but it is not important variable in determining theirrnacademic self esteem, and alcohol consumption is significantly negatively correlatedrnwith their academic self esteem (as alcohol consumption increases academic self esteemrndeclines) The t-test result also indicated that , there is no gender difference in alcoholrnconsumption and academic self esteem of adolescents .The regression analysis revealedrnthat, the demographic variables of age has no unique contribution to their academic selfrnesteem but alcohol consumption uniquely contributed for the variations in academic selfrnesteem . Generally based on the finding conclusion drawn ,recommendations andrnsuggestions were made for Ataye secondary school administrators ,teachers ,parents andrnstudents themselves

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