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Impact of drug abuse on academic performance: the cases of Pottuvil Divisional Secretariat Division

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dc.contributor.author Saajitha, H.
dc.contributor.author Farwis, M.
dc.contributor.author Nowsath, M. B.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-24T10:16:08Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-24T10:16:08Z
dc.date.issued 2022-02-03
dc.identifier.citation 10th South Eastern University International Arts Research Symposium -2021 on 03rd February 2022. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. p.100 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-624-5739-25-6
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6081
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of drug abuse on academic performance of the students. The study was conducted in Pottuvil Divisional Secretary Division of Ampara district, Eastern province of Sri Lanka. This research is adopted on quantitative methodology and the researcher used questionnaires to collect data. The date was collected through simple random sampling method. In this study, the researcher finds the factors inducing the drug usage such are availability of drugs, curiosity, tourism, media, peer influence and drugs used by parents. According to this study, the findings show that availability of drugs, tourism, peer influence and drugs used by parents are the main factors for using drugs among the students which ultimately impact the students’ academic performance. This study furnishes the evidence to government authorities, school teachers, parents and social workers to focus on the factors for encourage the drug usage among school children in Pottuvil. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.subject Drug abuse en_US
dc.subject Academic Performance en_US
dc.subject Pottuvil en_US
dc.title Impact of drug abuse on academic performance: the cases of Pottuvil Divisional Secretariat Division en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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