Peer Influence as a Correlate of Adolescent Students’ Sexual Activities in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
| dc.contributor.author | Ajiboye, Samuel Kolawole | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bolu-Steve, Foluke Nike | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mustapha, Mulikat Ladi Abdulqadir | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-19T09:52:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-19T09:52:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated relationship between peer influence and sexual activities of school-going adolescents in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. The study determined the relationship between peer pressure and sexual activities of in-school adolescents and moderating variables of gender, educational level and religion. The research is an empirical study which adopted the descriptive survey of correlation type. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 400 respondents that participated in the study while a questionnaire type of instruments titled “Peer Influence and Sexual Activities Questionnaire (PIASAQ)” was used to collect data. Having been subjected to the test re-test method of obtaining the psychometric property, the instrument possessed a reliability coefficient at 0.85, which was adequate. The Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and t-test statistics were used to analyse the data collect at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that there is significant relationship between peer influence and sexual activities of school-going adolescents and respondents were significantly different in the relationship between peer influence and sexual activities based on gender and educational level but similar on the basis of religion. It was recommended among others that guidance counselors and school authorities should identify early enough the various school-going adolescent groups, monitor and give them sex education in order to prevent them from deviant sexual activities such as genital manipulation and watching pornographic movies. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | self | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ajiboye, S. A., Bolu-Steve, F. N. & Mustapha, M. L. A. (2016): Peer influence as a correlate of adolescent students’ sexual activities in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. Journal of Educational Foundations and Development.1 (3); 112-122, Published by Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3705 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | volume 1 (3) 112 - 122; | |
| dc.subject | Peer Influence | en_US |
| dc.subject | school-going Adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | Genital Manipulation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexual Activities, | en_US |
| dc.title | Peer Influence as a Correlate of Adolescent Students’ Sexual Activities in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |