SUBSTANCE USES, DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Keywords:
Substance Uses, Depression, Social Anxiety, Academic Performance, University StudentsAbstract
The current study aims to explore Substance use, Depression, Social Anxiety and Academic Achievement among University Students. The observation of substance use, Depression, Social Anxiety and educational Achievement is so essential in this cutting-edge era. The sample for the present study of 225 (95 male and 130 female) changed into decided on from exceptional universities the purposive sampling technique. A correlational research design and convenient sampling technique were to measure study variables. Adult, Academic Performance Rating Scale, depression and social anxiety scale used where to check substance use, and Drug Use Questionnaire (DAST 28) were applied. The observed findings suggest that a large tremendous courting among materials makes use of, melancholy, social tension among university students. Multiple linear regression and t-tests on sample analyses for inferential facts were additionally done to check the hypotheses. The findings confirmed a large sample uses drugs and faces mental health issues but a value of (-1.01) shows a small distinction between male and female substance use. Similarly, the t-value of -1.04 suggests a small distinction between male and female depression levels. The p-value of 0.298 showed that this distinction isn't statistically large. No distinction was found in depression ranges among male and female university students. The t-value of -1.43 represents a distinctly small distinction in social anxiety rankings among male and female students. The consequences suggest largely terrible courting among substance use and educational achievement among university students. Results additionally suggest depression and social anxiety are terribly correlated with academic achievements. Findings found that there are no large variations between male and female university students in phrases of substance use, depression, social anxiety and educational performance amongst university students. The consequences found that substance use of are slight tremendous large predictor of depression among university students. The study focuses on the significance of addressing substance use, melancholy, and social anxiety among students to enhance their academic overall performance and well-being.
References
Aafreen MM, Priya VV, Gayathri R. Effect of stress on academic performance of students in different streams. Drug Invent Today. (2018) 10:5.
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association. 2013.
American Psychiatric Association, D. S. M. T. F., & American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (Vol. 5, No. 5). Washington, DC: American psychiatric association.
Arkin, R. M., Lake, E. A., & Baumgardner, A. H. (1986). Shyness and self-presentation. Shyness: Perspectives on research and treatment, 189-203.
Armstrong, T. D., & Costello, E. J. (2002). Community studies on adolescent substance use, abuse, or dependence and psychiatric comorbidity. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 70(6), 1224.
Atherton, O. E., Conger, R. D., Ferrer, E., & Robins, R. W. (2016). Risk and protective factors for early substance use initiation: A longitudinal study of Mexican‐Origin youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(4), 864-879.
Blumenthal, H., Leen-Feldner, E. W., Frala, J. L., Badour, C. L., & Ham, L. S. (2010). Social anxiety and motives for alcohol use among adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24(3), 529.
Brown, B. B., Clasen, D. R., & Eicher, S. A. (1986). Perceptions of peer pressure, peer conformity dispositions, and self-reported behavior among adolescents. Developmental psychology, 22(4), 521.
Bruch, M. A., Rivet, K. M., Heimberg, R. G., & Levin, M. A. (1997). Shyness, alcohol expectancies, and drinking behavior: Replication and extension of a suppressor effect. Personality and Individual Differences, 22(2), 193-200.
Buckner, J. D., Mallott, M. A., Schmidt, N. B., & Taylor, J. (2006). Peer influence and gender differences in problematic cannabis use among individuals with social anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20(8), 1087-1102.
Compas, B. E., Connor-Smith, J. K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., & Wadsworth, M. E. (2001). Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Problems, progress, and potential in theory and research. Psychological Bulletin, 127(1), 87–127.
Eggleston, A. M., Woolaway-Bickel, K., & Schmidt, N. B. (2004). Social anxiety and alcohol use: Evaluation of the moderating and mediating effects of alcohol expectancies. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 18(1), 33-49.
Ennett, S. T., Bauman, K. E., Hussong, A., Faris, R., Foshee, V. A., Cai, L., & DuRant, R. H. (2006). The peer context of adolescent substance use: Findings from social network analysis. Journal of research on adolescence, 16(2), 159-186.
Essau, C. A., Conradt, J., & Petermann, F. (1999). Frequency and comorbidity of social phobia and social fears in adolescents. Behaviour research and therapy, 37(9), 831-843.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & O'Connor, R. M. (2006). Childhood behavior problems and peer selection and socialization: Risk for adolescent alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 31(8), 1454-1459.
Grant, B. F., & Dawson, D. A. (1997). Age at onset of alcohol use and its association with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence: results from the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey. Journal of substance abuse, 9, 103-110.
Griffin, A. M., Cleveland, H. H., Schlomer, G. L., Vandenbergh, D. J., & Feinberg, M. E. (2015). Differential susceptibility: The genetic moderation of peer pressure on alcohol use. Journal of youth and adolescence, 44, 1841-1853.
Ham, L. S., & Hope, D. A. (2005). Incorporating social anxiety into a model of college student problematic drinking. Addictive behaviors, 30(1), 127-150.
Ham, L. S., Bonin, M., & Hope, D. A. (2007). The role of drinking motives in social anxiety and alcohol use. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21(8), 991-1003.
Harter, S. (1988). Self-perception profile for adolescents. Gifted Child Quarterly.
Heimberg, R. G., Brozovich, F. A., & Rapee, R. M. (2014). A cognitive-behavioral model of social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety, 705-728.
Jabeen, S., Naz, J. & Akhtar, S. (2023). The influence of parenting styles on adolescents’ mental health: a comprehensive study on intermittent explosive disorder, suicidality, and self-esteem. PAKISTAN ISLAMICUS (An International Journal of Islamic & Social Sciences), 3(3), 594-603. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10702993
Likisa, K. D. (2018). Challenges and prospects of competency‐based education: The case of adama science and technology university alumni students and hawas TVET college, adama, Ethiopia. The Journal of Competency‐Based Education, 3(2), e01163.
MacKinnon, D. P., Krull, J. L., & Lockwood, C. M. (2000). Equivalence of the mediation, confounding and suppression effect. Prevention science, 1, 173-181.
McEwen, B. S. (2007). Physiology and neurobiology of stress and adaptation: central role of the brain. Physiological reviews, 87(3), 873-904.
Merikangas, K. R., Avenevoli, S., Acharyya, S., Zhang, H., & Angst, J. (2002). The spectrum of social phobia in the Zurich cohort study of young adults. Biological psychiatry, 51(1), 81-91.
Miers, A. C., Blöte, A. W., Bögels, S. M., & Westenberg, P. M. (2008). Interpretation bias and social anxiety in adolescents. Journal of anxiety disorders, 22(8), 1462-1471.
Miers, A. C., Blöte, A. W., De Rooij, M., Bokhorst, C. L., & Westenberg, P. M. (2013). Trajectories of social anxiety during adolescence and relations with cognition, social competence, and temperament. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 41, 97-110.
Morris, E. P., Stewart, S. H., & Ham, L. S. (2005). The relationship between social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorders: A critical review. Clinical psychology review, 25(6), 734-760.
Patton, G. C., Carlin, J. B., Coffey, C., Wolfe, R., Hibbert, M., & Bowes, G. (1998). Depression, anxiety, and smoking initiation: a prospective study over 3 years. American journal of public health, 88(10), 1518-1522.
Rosenthal, J. M., & Okie, S. (2005). White coat, mood indigo-depression in medical school. New England journal of medicine, 353(11), 1085.
Rucker, D. D., Preacher, K. J., Tormala, Z. L., & Petty, R. E. (2011). Mediation analysis in social psychology: Current practices and new recommendations. Social and personality psychology compass, 5(6), 359-371.
SAMHSA. (2011). National survey on drug use and health.
Schimelpfening, N. (2020). Causes and Risk Factors of Depression. Hentet fra: https://www.verywellmind.com/common-causes-of-depression-1066772.
Skinner, H. A. (1982). Drug use questionnaire (DAST-20). Addiction Research Foundation.
Sher, K. J., & Levenson, R. W. (1982). Risk for alcoholism and individual differences in the stress-response-dampening effect of alcohol. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 91(5), 350.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 PAKISTAN ISLAMICUS (An International Journal of Islamic & Social Sciences)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
