EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES’ ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE IN FACULTY OF VOCATIONAL AND SCIENCE EDUCATION,
UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR
Adie, Boniface Undigweundeye Ph.D
Edet Itam Ben
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education
University of Calabar, Calabar
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Mohammed Musa Ph.D
Department of Human Kinetics
Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education Kano, Kano State
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Abstract
This main thrust of this work was to investigate the effect of alcohol abuse among undergraduates’ academic performance in Faculty of Vocational and Science Education, University of Calabar, Calabar. The purpose of the study was achieved through one null hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Literature was reviewed
based on the variable of the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select two hundred and thirty-one (231) undergraduates from three Departments in the Faculty of Vocational and Science Education, University of Calabar, Calabar. The instrument used for data collection was a structured and
validated questionnaire. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used for data analysis. The result of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between absenteeism and undergraduates’ academic performance in the Faculty of Vocational and Science Education, University of Calabar. Based on these findings, it was recommended thatschool counselors should liaise with both parents and the school management in ensuring that, students who engage in absenteeism are counselled, so that they can be meaningful to the society and the nation at large.
Keywords: Alcohol Abuse, Undergraduates’ Academic Performance, Absenteeism DOWNLOAD FULL PDF