Relationship between Harmful Alcohol Use and Low Self-esteem among Emerging Adults Employees in Kathonzweni Location, Makueni County

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dc.contributor.authorMule, Peter Dominic Makau
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-23T11:48:59Z
dc.date.available2019-04-23T11:48:59Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractAlthough Harmful Alcohol Use (HAU) exposes emerging adults to psychological challenges like low self-esteem (LSE), limited studies have been done in Kenya to explore the association between HAU and low LSE in Kathonzweni, Makueni County. The main objective was to explore the association between harmful alcohol use and LSE, with specific objectives being: to determine demographics features related to harmful alcohol use, prevalence of harmful alcohol use and low self-esteem among emerging adults. The study used cross-sectional research design which measure sample features once. Study sites were identified schools in Kathonzweni Location, Makueni County. The schools were purposely chosen. Selection of 199 respondents aged 19 to 29 years was done using convenient sampling which chose participants who were accessible. Statistical package for social sciences was used to analyse the collected data and presented in summary tables. Pearson‘s (r) coefficient was used to test association of harmful alcohol use and low self-esteem among the emerging adults. Data analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistics to show general view of Kathonzweni Location, Makueni County emerging adults. Description was done to establish demographics associated with harmful alcohol use, the prevalence of alcohol use was (3.5%) while that of low self-esteem was (32.2%). The study found that there is an association between harmful alcohol use and low self-esteem (p=0.02). Demographic variables associated with HAU and LSE were: age of 19-24years (p=0.05), male gender (P=0.01), married people (P=0.03), family socialization (p=0.01), time spend in social media between 6-12 hours (p=0.02), economic status below ten thousand per month (p=0.01) and age of alcohol first use (p=0.00). Therefore, Kathonzweni counsellors together with community leaders and policy makers need to plan guidelines to help emerging adults manage HAU and improve LSE.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/823
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectAlcohol Useen_US
dc.subjectLow Self-esteemen_US
dc.subjectEmerging Adults Employeesen_US
dc.titleRelationship between Harmful Alcohol Use and Low Self-esteem among Emerging Adults Employees in Kathonzweni Location, Makueni Countyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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