International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 12

Effect of alcohol and drug addiction among professional and non professional undergraduate students in Lucknow city, India

  • Author:
  • Purvi Nishad, Rama Nishad
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 301 to 305

*Research Scholar, Department of Home Science, Human Development and Family Studies, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

**Research Scholar, Department of Home Science, Human Development and Family Studies, SHUATS, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Online published on 20 June, 2019.

Abstract

Early adulthood is a very significant period in a young person's life. It is a critical time for learning essential life skills. The majority of college undergraduates are below the legal drinking age, alcohol continues to be widely used on most college campuses today. The present study aimed at determining the level of alcohol and drug addiction among professional and non professional course's students. Thus the present study was planned to assess the attitude of early adulthood studying in professional and non professional courses towards alcohol and drug and to compare the attitude of early adulthood studying in professional and non-professional courses towards alcohol and drug. Eighty early adulthoods comprising of 40 professional and 40 non professional course's boys were selected to the study. Data obtained was analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques such as Frequency, Percentage, Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test. Thus the results revealed that significant differences were seen in the level of alcohol and drug addiction among professional and non professional course's students (boys).

Keywords

Drugs, Alcohol, Addiction, Professional, Non-Professional, Boys