Citation

Egbochuku EO. Coll. Student J. 2006; 40(1): 169-179.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Project Innovation)

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Abstract

This study examines the influence of parenting on alcohol and drug use among teacher trainees in Nigerian universities. The sample includes students who leave home after secondary school (residential-students on campus) as well as those who continue to live at home after secondary school (non-residential). Seventy-nine residential and 124 non-residential students were sampled. The attributes for parenting in this study consisted of behavioural monitoring, involvement, and encouragement of autonomy. Non-residential students described their parents as being more involving and providing less behavioural monitoring than residential students (residential: M = 54.35, SD = 11.94; non-residential: M = 57.56, SD = 8.75; t (2.205) p = 0.029). Greater parental involvement was related to lower levels of alcohol use among non-residential students, but unrelated to the use of other substances. A very low relationship between parenting and alcohol or other drug use was found for residential students.