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This study examined the relationship between parents drug use, peer group influence and adolescents’ addictive behaviour in Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Areas of Rivers State. The population of the study comprised all Senior Secondary School Students in class one (SSI) in Ahoada East and Ahoada West L.G.A. The population of the study is 2963 (Ahoada East 1559; Ahoada West 1404) as at the time of this study. The sample of the study was 408 SS1 students who were sampled using purposive sampling technique and ex-post facto research design. Two instruments ‘adolescent addictive behaviour checklist’ (AABC) and ‘adolescent reasons for drug taking inventory’ (RDTI) with 30 items each and a reliability coefficient of 0.82 for ‘AABC’ and 0.78 for ‘RDTI’ were used for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study, and the statistical tools for data analysis was pearson product moment correlation coefficient for research questions and regression analysis was used in testing hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings reveal a high significant relationship between parents drug use and adolescent addictive behaviour. Also peer group influence and adolescents’ addictive behaviour have a significant positive relationship. It was recommended that parents should be careful on the kind of behaviour they exhibit before their children and the adolescents should be guided in their choice of friends and associates.

Relationship between Parent’s Drug Use, Peer Group Influence and Adolescents’ Addictive Behaviour