American International Journal of Social Science

Relationship between Drug Abuse and Deviant Behaviour among Undergraduate Students of University of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr. Ubangha Monday Bassey, Dr. Bola Makinde, Idowu Rasheed Ajani, Ogunyemi Michael Olumide

Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between drug abuse and deviant behaviour among undergraduate students of the University of Lagos. A Sample of 100 undergraduate students was randomly chosen from the Faculties of Education, Science, Engineering, Business Administration and the College of Medicine. Three hypotheses were tested while data were generated using a structured questionnaire. Pearson Product Moment correlation statistic was used to analyze the data. Results showed no significant relationship between drug abuse and each of truancy, cultism and high risk sexual behaviour among undergraduate students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

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