Role of type a personality and substance use on perceived social stigma among undergraduates

Abstract

This study explored the relaonship between Type A personality, substance use and perceived social sgma among university  undergraduates. The study was a survey research which adopted the cross-seconal (exploratory) design. The Social Interaconist Theory  by Goffman guided the study. A hypothesized model was developed and its empirical suitability was tested with three clearly delineated  hypotheses. A sample of three hundred and ninety-seven (397) parcipants consisng of two hundred and two (202) males and one  hundred and ninety-five (195) females, was surveyed. They were selected from twelve facules from three Universies. Parcipants' age  ranged from 18 to 50 with a mean age of 34 years. The independent t-test was used to test hypotheses 1 and 2, while mulple regression  was used for hypothesis 3. The first finding of the study revealed a significant influence of Type A personality on social sgma among the parcipants, thus the hypothesis was accepted. The second finding revealed a significant influence of substance use on social sgma among  the parcipants, the hypothesis was also accepted. The third finding showed that Type A personality and substance use significantly and jointly predicted social sgma, the hypothesis was accepted. The findings of this study provide a beer understanding of  the social sgma surrounding substance use and how it is perceived by students with Type A personality. The findings were discussed in relaon with past theorecal and empirical literature. Conclusions were drawn and recommendaons advanced in line with the study's  findings.