Family Types and Juvenile Delinquency Issues among Secondary School Students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria:Counseling Implications

Marijuana Use and Behavioural Outcomes among Adolescent Youths in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

“…Respondent identified irresponsible spending as a challenge faced by them in the cause of smoking marijuana. This finding confirmed that of Sanni, Udoh and Ezeh (2010), who found that youths who are deeply involved in taking marijuana finds it difficult to make financial plans; and they keep spending the totality of their income on marijuana each time they feel like taking it, and by so doing reduces their financial capacity. Money spend on health issues caused by marijuana smoke is not an exception.…”

“…Furthermore, Sanni, Udoh and Ezeh (2010), identified "vandalism, weapon carrying, rape, examination malpractices, school violence, building, cultism, truancy and anti-social behaviours often associated with drug abuse such as marijuana and alcoholism". They found out that "when youths are caught by the Law Enforcement Agencies like the police, money which they suppose to use and cater for their welfare is usually paid to Police for their bail-out".…”

Antecedents of Children of Alcohol Abused Parents: Grounded Theory Analysis

“…Alcohol abuse remains a general health challenge and a social issue of colossal sizes with numerous adolescents and families included and influenced by alcohol abuse disorders [6,11,33]. Predominantly, family alcohol abused prevalence is growing considerably higher, with estimates suggesting that up to 30% of families include at least one alcohol or alcohol-abusing member and that not as much as half (44%) of children destined to alcohol abusing moms lived with original parent and 20% were in custodian care or set outside of the family [11,43].…”

“…According to [42] the climate conditions in the home have a great impact either negatively or positively on the character of the children in that home, therefore, families could be said to be the strongest socializing forces of life. In alcohol free families, as noted by [33] children are educated to shun undesirable behaviors, however on the contrary, in alcohol abused families, children can learn aggressive, antisocial and violent behaviors as well. That is why scholars [12,17,39] concluded that it could be rightly presumed that the behavioral patterns young person came up with could be traced to their home background.…”

Predictors of Delinquency among Adolescents of Divorced Families

“…Adolescents with high level of delinquency have higher tendency toward substance abuse, commit suicide and exhibit mental health problems (Li, Chan, Chung & Chui, 2010;Liu, 2004;Sanni, Udoh, Okediji, Modo & Ezeh, 2010). Past studies (Burt, Barnes, McGue, & Iacono, 2008;Dekovic et al, 2003;Kierkus & Hewitt, 2009) consistently reveal that family processes are the most important contributor to delinquency among adolescents specifically in divorced families.…”