A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Substance Abuse among Adolescents at Selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kishtwar

Neha Kumari

Abstract: Substance use disorder (SUD) is a treatable mental disorder that affects a person's brain and behavior, leading to their inability to control their use of substances like legal or illegal drugs, alcohol, or medications. Symptoms can be moderate to severe, with addiction being the most severe form of SUD. Drug addiction can start with experimental use of a recreational drug in social situations, and, for some people, the drug use becomes more frequent. For others, particularly with opioids, drug addiction begins when they take prescribed medicines or receive them from others who have prescriptions. The risk of addiction and how fast you become addicted varies by drug. Some drugs, such as opioid painkillers, have a higher risk and cause addiction more quickly than others. As time passes, you may need larger doses of the drug to get high. Soon you may need the drug just to feel good. As your drug use increases, you may find that it's increasingly difficult to go without the drug. Attempts to stop drug use may cause intense cravings and make you feel physically ill. These are called withdrawal symptoms. Statement of problem: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Substance abuse among adolescents at selected Higher Secondary School Kishtwar. Objectives: The objectives of the study are: 1) To assess the pre - test level of knowledge regarding drug abuse among adolescents. 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding drug abuse among Adolescents 3) To find out the association between the level of knowledge regarding drug abuse with selected demographic variable. Hypothesis: The hypotheses will be tested at 0.05 level of significance. H1: There is a significant difference between the pre test and post test scores of Structured Teaching Programme on prevention of substance abuse. H2: There Will be significant association between the level of knowledge among Adolescents Regarding Substance abuse with their selected demographic variable. Methods of study: An evaluative approach with quasi - experimental, one group pre - test post - test design without control group was used for the study. The sample consisted of 70 adolescent. The sample was selected using purposive sampling technique. The data was collected prior to and after administration of the structured teaching programme on substance abuse. Post - test was conducted on the seventh day using the same tool. Result: The data collected was analyzed using both descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, median, SD, range) and inferential statistics (paired t test, chi - square test). By using statistical package SPSS version 25, all the inferences were checked at p< 0.05 level of significance. The study findings revealed that in the present study it was found that more than half of the adolescents (0%) had inadequate knowledge (22.85%) had moderate knowledge and the remaining adolescents (77.14%) had adequate knowledge after the post test. Data interpretation and analysis: - There is no significant association of pre - test knowledge scores regarding drug abuse among adolescents with their selected demographic variables i, e, age, gender, type of family and educational status at p <0.05 level of significance. Summary and conclusion: The results of the study showed that majority (97.14%) of study subjects were having inadequate knowledge 2.85% study subjects were having moderate knowledge and 0% of study subjects had adequate knowledge before providing structured teaching programme.

Keywords: Adolscents, substance abuse, STP, knowledge, School

How to Cite?: Neha Kumari, "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Substance Abuse among Adolescents at Selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kishtwar", Volume 14 Issue 6, June 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 944-948, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=MR25613130937, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/MR25613130937