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Peer reviewedOwie, Ikponmwosa – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1988
Evaluated difference in level of alienation between Nigerian secondary school students who were drug users (N=97) or non-users (N=119). Results supported hypothesis that the alienated personality would be more susceptible to drug abuse than other personality types. Results suggest need for efforts to reduce student alienation. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, Drug Use, Foreign Countries
Download full textWoolman, David C. – 2002
A comparative study of early school leaving in India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States found that in spite of huge cultural and economic differences between these countries, there were common underlying causes of the school dropout problem. Economic need, sociocultural divisions, curricula that were unrelated to future work and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Comparative Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
