Abstract

The study examined the effects of contingency management and self-control techniques on reduction of excessive intake of alcohol among university undergraduates in Imo State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted quasi-experimental research design. The population ofthe study comprised 92 male andfemale undergraduate students. The sample size comprised 92 subjects which includes 30 experimental 1 (contingency management therapy), 31 experimental 2 (self control technique) and 31 control group with excessive alcohol intake behaviour tendencies selected using enumerative census sampling method. Four instruments were used for data collection namely Undergraduate Personal Data Inventory (UPDI), Excessive Alcohol Drinking Identification Questionnaire (EADQ), Excessive Alcohol Drinking History Questionnaire (EADHQ) and Drinking Cessation Contract Form (DCCFA). The validated instruments were tested for reliability using Product Moment Correlation Coefficient which yielded reliability indices of 0.79, 0.84 and 0.81 respectively. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The null hypotheses were tested with t test of independent at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that contingency management therapy has positive effect on the reduction of excessive intake of alcohol among university undergraduates, that there was a significant difference between the mean reduction of intake of alcohol scores of subjects exposed to contingency management and those in the control group at post test, thatself-control technique has positive effect on the reduction of excessive intake of alcohol among undergraduates. Based on thefindings, it was recommendation that psychologists, guidance counsellors and lecturers should be aware of the complex determinants of alcohol intake behaviour and the possible environmental contingencies and selfcontrol techniques ofmaintaining them. Keywords: Contingency Management, Self-Control Techniques, Alcohol Excessive Intake, University Undergraduates