Personality traits and substance use among college students in Eldoret, Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is documented evidence of the increase of alcohol and substance use among college students globally. Increased morbidity and associated maladaptive socio-occupational outcomes of the habit with early dependence and mortality have also been reported. Majority of the substance use related studies conducted in low- and middle- income countries mainly look at health- related risk behaviour control mechanisms that focus on the social environment domain, with few or almost none focusing on those embedded within the person (self- control). This study focuses on the relationship between substance use and personality traits (in the self-control domain), among college students in a low- middle- income country.

Methods

Design. A cross- sectional descriptive study that

SUBMITTER: Kinyanjui DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208453 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature