The contribution of three social psychological theories: Fundamental cause theory, stress process model, and social cognitive theory to the understanding of health disparities -- a longitudinal comparison

Frishman, Natalia

doi:10.31274/etd-180810-1659

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“…In the context of drug abuse, this study examined innovation and retreatism, which is applicable to the context of drug abuse in Informal Settlements. According to social strain theory, innovation as a means of coping with social strain involves the people subscribing to the typical cultural goals of monetary and material success realizing that they lack socially approved and legitimate means to achieve those goals (Frishman, 2012). They become dissatisfied, frustrated, and anomic and resort to innovative, norm-violating behavior, such as drug abuse.…”

Section: Social Strain Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial Factors Influencing Drug Abuse Among Youths in Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Mathare Slums, Nairobi County, Kenya

Makokha

Mukadi

Bisonga

2021

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Large population of youths in informal settlement in Kenya are involved in a number of social vices. These vices may include but not limited to robbery with violence, early marriages, dropping out of school and joining outlawed gangs. Youth involvement in social vices presents great concern to parents, government and non-governmental organizations. With increased prevalence of social vices in informal settlements in Kenya, this study was motivated to investigate the influence of psychosocial factors on drug abuse among the youths in Mathare informal settlements of Nairobi County, Kenya. This study sought to determine the effect of stress level as a psychosocial factor on drug abuse among the youths in Mathare informal settlement. The unit of analysis were persons of both genders falling between 18 years and 35 years of age. The target population was 17,894 youths of which a sample of 391 respondents was selected using proportionate stratified random sampling method. Data was collected using structured questionnaires and analysed using the linear regression analysis where hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of significance. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was utilized for the purposes of validity. The validity of the instruments was checked by the researcher who also sought the opinion of experts from the School of Education in Laikipia University. The reliability coefficients for questionnaire were estimated through Cronbach’s alpha. The resultant alpha for youth questionnaire was r= .827. The questionnaires were considered reliable after yielding a reliability coefficient alpha of at least 0.70. Both the descriptive statistics and inferential statistics was used by the study. The descriptive statistics that were used included the mean, standard deviations and frequency distributions. From the data analysis it was evident that stress level contributes to 2.8% of drug abuse cases among youth in Mathare informal settlements. The study recommends that county Government of Nairobi to economically empower the community of people with emphasis on the youths. This will help them think beyond immediate daily survival and assert greater control over their resources and life choices, especially decisions in investment in health, housing and education. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0760/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Section: Social Strain Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%