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Item Factors Influencing Suicidal Tendencies among Youth as Expressed by Students of Tertiary Institutions in Lagos, Nigeria(Faculty of Education, University of Malaysia, 2022-06) Adebayo, David O.; Bolu-Steve, Foluke N.; Adebayo, Rebecca O.This study focused on factors influencing suicidal tendencies among youth as expressed by students of tertiary institutions in Lagos metropolis. Survey design was adopted while a total of 250 respondents were randomly selected for the study. A self-designed questionnaire entitled “Factors Influencing Suicide” was employed to gather data for the study. A reliability coefficient of .78 was obtained. Mean and t-test statistical tools were used to analyse the data. One research question and four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Results revealed that depressive symptoms from situations of abandonment by loved ones during health or other crises, financial incapacities, academic failures, getting jilted by trusted partners constituted major factors influencing suicide among youth. Results revealed no significant difference in students’ responses except for age. Study recommended that students should be adequately monitored and given comprehensive guidance and counselling by counselling practitioners in order to be properly informed about life and how serious issues are carefully handled.Item Personality and cyberbullying behaviour among undergraduates in a Malaysian Public University(Department of Counsellor Education, University of Ilorin, 2023-04-25) Adebayo, David O.In modern times, social media has become veritable platforms of communication and interaction amongst young adults in the university environment as well as the larger society. As important as it is, certain users of the various platforms have continued use it to cause psychological and emotional trauma to others through cyberbullying activities. This study examined personality and cyberbullying behaviours of undergraduates in a west Malaysian public university. It was a quantitative study and it adopted correlational survey design. A total of 400 undergraduates were purposively selected from faculties of computing, electrical engineering and management. An adopted inventory entitled “TAJMA Personality Profile (TPP3)” and a researcher-developed questionnaire entitled “Engagement in Social Media Use and Undergraduates’ Cyberbullying Behaviours (ESMU)” were used for data collection. The instruments (TPP3 and ESMU) yielded coefficients of .95 and .92 respectively using the Cronbach’s alpha reliability. One research question and a null hypothesis were raised and tested respectively at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Data collected were analysed using Structural Equation Modelling Partial Least Squares 3 (SEM-PLS3). The findings revealed that there was significant relationship between personality and cyberbullying behaviours of university students. Hence, personality, particularly the distortion trait related to cyberbullying behaviours of undergraduates. It was recommended among others that undergraduates be properly and periodically educated and skilfully empowered on how to avoid distorted personality traits in their dealings with others, which is a likely strategy for stemming the menace of cyberbullying activities among undergraduates, particularly in a public university in West Malaysia.