Psychosocial Factors Associated With Alcohol Use in School Going Children in a Public Primary School in Westlands Subcounty Nairobi
Abstract
NACADA’s filed report for 2017 indicates that alcohol consumption in the age gap of 10-19 years
in Nairobi city is close to 13.7%. Other research has connected teen drinking to peer pressure, bad
parenting, drug availability, lack of parental involvement, and lack of monitoring and therapy. The
Westland region's children's studies did not explore psychosocial components like self-esteem or
parenting traits like parental control. This study sought to examine the psychological elements of
alcohol use among primary school children in West Lands Sub-County. Cross-sectional research
was used in the study, which included 220 students aged 11 to 15 years from a public primary
school in Nairobi County, Kenya, who were enrolled in the study. Parents and/or guardians were
consulted to get their permission. The children gave verbal permission. For this study, researchers
used a variety of questionnaires, including their own, a WHO global health survey on alcohol
intake, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, and the Parental Authority Questionnaire. In order to
evaluate the data, SPSS version 22.0s was used. Narratives, tables, and figures were used to display
the descriptive data. An inferential statistical approach was utilized to illustrate any statistically
significant connections found in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Findings The study
recruited 220 participants. The prevalence of alcohol use was found to be 12.7 %The Rosenberg
self-esteem scale showed that majority of the respondents had low self-esteem scores of below,
<15, the family setup, employment, were significantly associated with alcohol use at a, p= <0.023,
p=<0.0027, respectively. The study concludes that Psychosocial factors family set-up and
economic status of the home are perceived to influence alcohol use in pupils in public primary
schools. In addition, some family setups are not usually concerned about their children thus,
prompting the children to continuously engage in drinking behavior.
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Uon
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