Attitude towards Drugs and Alcohol among Senior Secondary School Students in Relation to their Locus of Control

The aim of the present study was to investigate the attitude towards drugs and alcohol among senior secondary school students in relation to their locus of control. The study was conducted on Senior Secondary School students of Ludhiana district of Punjab. In the present study descriptive method was used. So it was decided to get data from 200 Senior Secondary School Students to see the Attitude towards Drugs and Alcohol in relation to their Locus of Control of Senior Secondary School students. Attitude towards Drugs and Alcohol Attitude Scale by Sunil Saini and Sandeep Singh and Locus of Control by Sanjay Vohra (Indian Adaptation of Levenson Scale) were used to collect data. After analysis results revealed that attitude towards drugs and alcohol of rural and urban students at senior secondary school students do not differ significantly from each other. It was also concluded that locus of control of rural and urban students at senior secondary school students differ significantly. The study further concludes that attitude towards drugs and alcohol and locus of control of male and female students at senior secondary school students not differ significantly. The results of correlation analysis indicated that there was a negligible correlation between attitude towards drugs and alcohol and locus of control of Senior Secondary School Students. The value of correlation was found to be on positive side but not significant at both of the level of significance.