Determinants Of Risky Sexual Behaviours Among Adolescents In Secondary Schools In Rivers State: Implications For Counselling

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 611-622
Author(s):  
Love Nwamadi
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Rivers State

The study investigated determinants of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents in secondary schools in Rivers State. The study adopted the ex-post-facto research design. Four research questions as well as four corresponding hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised 14,784 senior secondary school students (SSS 1, 2 and 3) in the 16 public secondary schools in Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers State. A sample of 300 adolescents was randomly and independently selected using purposive sampling technique. Four instruments (questionnaire) were used to collect data for the study. They include; the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSS), Risky Sexual Behaviours Scale (RSBS), Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) and Peer Group Influence Scale (PGIS). The instruments were designed on a four point Likert scale of Strongly Agree (SA) =4, Agree (A) =3, Disagree (D) =2, and Strongly Disagree (SD) =1. The Cronbach Alpha reliability was used to establish the internal consistency reliability coefficients of 0.81, 0.73, 0.67 and 0.71 respectively. Responses to the research questions were answered with mean and standard deviation, while the hypotheses were tested with z-test statistics. The findings of the study revealed that emotional intelligence and peer pressure were significant determinants of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents in secondary school in Rivers State, whereas self-esteem and gender are not. Based on the findings of the study it was recommended among others that counsellors should readily offer practical assistance to adolescents experiencing sexuality problems to enable them develop healthy sexual behaviours and maintain healthy relationships with others.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF PARENTS AND PEER-GROUP ON CHOICE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, KADUNA STATE

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Adamu Ibrahim ◽  
Lilian B Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
School Students ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools

This study investigated the Influence of parents and peer group on choice of business education programme among secondary school students in Zaria metropolis, Kaduna state. The study had four objectives. Four research questions were raised to guide the study while two null hypotheses were formulated and tested. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 8865 SS III students that registered for UTME in Zaria metropolis. Three hundred and eighty two students were used as sample for the study. The instrument used to collect information from the respondents was self- structured questionnaire, titled Students Choice of Business Education (SCBE).  Data were collected by researcher assisted by seven (7) research assistants using face to face method. Data collected were analyzed using mean score for answering the research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation for testing the two null hypotheses.   The study revealed among others that parents have influence on the choice of business education programme among secondary school students in Zaria metropolis. It was concluded that in a short run lesser number of students would be offering Business subjects in senior secondary schools level because most parents and peer group discourages students from opting for educational related course. The research recommended among others that secondary schools authority in Kaduna state should invite parents to create awareness to them on career day. This will enable parents to appreciate the importance of Business subjects

scholarly journals Status of Principals’ ICT Usage in Secondary School Administration in Rivers State

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Lois Nkechi Abraham ◽  
John Bariyaa
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Administration ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Secondary School Administration ◽  
Rivers State

This study examined the status of principals’ ICT usage in secondary school administration in Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study was 276 Principals from the 276 Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State. A sample size of 138 was drawn using simple random sampling techniques. This represented 50% of the total population. Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. A self-designed questionnaire tagged “Principals’ Information and Communication Technology Usage Questionnaire (PICTUQ)”, which was a modified 2 points rating scale of YES =2 points and NO= 1 point. The data were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation. The criterion mean of 1.50 was used as benchmark for taking decision of each of the items of the research questions. Any score up to 1.50 and above was accepted; while score below 1.50 was rejected as not having desired impact. The z-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that both the rural and urban principals upheld the fact that there is no computer laboratory, computers, scanners, projector and power generating plants in public secondary schools in Rivers State. The study recommended that: ICT facilities should be installed in all secondary schools in Rivers State; adequate number of experts should be employed to train principals and students in ICT; adequate funds should be provided to manage the process for adequate educational quality service delivery in schools; government should set committee to install and monitor ICT facilities and its usage in public schools in Rivers State. Key Words: ICT, Administration, ICT access, ICT application, ICT literacy, Principals’ performance.

scholarly journals Peers Pressure And Families Smoking Habit Influence On Smoking Behavior among male Students attending Secondary Schools At second Al- Kurkh education Directorate /Baghdad.

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Fadhal Humadi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Smoking Habits ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background:  There is a strong desire of adolescent to have a peer group and to be appreciated and also to become a member of this group which can affect one each other. There for; encourage, adapting,and imitating of friends and group consider as the main reasons behind starting of smoking among youngsters. Smoking habits in the family were found tobe acause of smoking pressure among adolescentas peer pressure. Smoking habit may be started before 18 years of age in most adult smokers. Objectives: To study the effect of peer pressure and family smoking habiton the prevalence of smoking among secondary school students. Type of the study:  A cross sectional study . Methods: the study done with cluster sampling method; was conducted between 1st of March to 30th of May 2016. By clustering schools and randomly 7 schools were selected;3secondary schools, 3 intermediate schools and 1 professional secondary school these schools were from second Al- Kurkh education directorate /Baghdad.A total of (1993)boy students were included. An anonymous self-completion questionnaire was used..The questionnaire was  essure and family smoking habiton the smoking status of students. Results: The results of the study showed an increasing prevalence of smoking habits among students both forcigarette23.6% -41.4%, and shisha4.1% - 38.8%by increasing the class grade, and also by existing smoking parents(cigarette30.1%,and shisha 32.7%). The prevalence of nonsmoking habit among students decreases by increase smoking family members (63.4% -3.9 %). Conclusion: The effects of peer pressure and family smoking habit were obvious among students with statistically highly significant association. Education and awareness for anti-tobacco programs should be adopted in the curriculum of all secondary schools. Keywords: peer pressure, family smoking habit, cigarette, shisha, secondary schools, students.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Cognitive Restructuring in the Management of Mathophobia Among Secondary School Students in Khana L.G.A of Rivers State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (32) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Ernest-Ehibudu Ijeoma Regina ◽  
Wayii Augustine Lezorgia
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
And Control

This study was developed and conducted to test the effect of cognitive restructuring in the management of mathophobia (that is, Mathematics anxiety) among secondary school students in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. To guide the study, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for testing at 0.05 level of significance. In executing the study, the pre-test, post-test, and control group experimental research design was adopted using a randomized sample of 120 SS2 students drawn from three public secondary schools only. The researchers developed an instrument titled “Mathematics Diagnostic Questionnaire” (MDQ) which was adequately assessed for validity and reliability and was used in collecting pre-test and post-test data for the cognitive restructuring and control groups. Data analysis was done using mean, and standard deviation for the research questions, while independent sample and paired sample t-test were used for the hypotheses. The result obtained showed that the cognitive restructuring was significantly effective in the management of mathophobia among secondary school students. There is a slight reduction in the effect of cognitive restructuring during follow-up; there is a statistical significant difference in the mathophobic level of students treated with cognitive restructuring and those in the control group. Based on the major findings, recommendations were made among which is that functional guidance and counselling centers be established at all educational levels and be manned by professional counsellors who are competent in cognitive restructuring techniques to assist those who have mathophobia and other maladaptive behaviours. Suggestions for further study were made.

scholarly journals The Causes of a Lack of Discipline among Secondary School Learners in Mauritius

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belle Louis Jinot
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Working Parents ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Set Up

AbstractA lack of learners’ discipline is a major school problem in secondary schools in Mauritius. The study aims at determining and examining the main causes of this problem in the context of Mauritius. Qualitative data were collected from learners, educators, principals and parents of four secondary schools by using focus group interviews and individual face-to-face interviews. By using content analysis, the study revealed that the causes of learners’ lack of discipline originate from the family (the parenting style, working parents, ineffective parental discipline and the dysfunctional family), the learners’ attitudes to education and schooling, the educators’ attitudes to their role of maintaining learner discipline, the principals’ lack of authority and leadership in managing learner discipline and the influence of peer group in the school setting. The study shows that all the stakeholders of the school community are responsible for the deterioration of learner discipline in secondary schools. It recommends that there should be a decentralisation of learner discipline strategies from the Ministry of Education to the secondary school principals who should be empowered to set up their institutional school discipline plan.

scholarly journals The Awareness Level and Perception of Secondary School Physics Teachers towards Nanotechnology in Rivers State

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Avwiri, Eseroghene
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Physics Teachers ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Awareness Level ◽  
Secondary School Physics

This paper adopted a descriptive design to investigate the awareness level and the perception of secondary school Physics teachers towards Nanotechnology in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State. The population of the study was 43 physics teachers comprising of 25 male and 18 female which was used from the 12 public secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis in Rivers State. The instrument for the study was a self- made questionnaire titled, Nanotechnology Questionnaire on Awareness and Perception for Teachers (NQAPT) with a reliability of 0.85 obtained using Cronbach Alpha reliability formula. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The research questions were answered using the criterion mean of 2.5 and standard deviation, while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t- test. The findings revealed that the awareness level of Nanotechnology among teacher was low and their perception towards nanotechnology was positive. There is no significant difference between the awareness level and perception of the concept of Nanotechnology among male and female senior secondary school Physics teachers. Based on these findings, it is recommended that more awareness on the concept of Nanotechnology be created among secondary school teachers through symposium and science teaching workshop in order to publicize the benefits of nanotechnology to the society.

scholarly journals Construcción de identidades genéricas desde la educación literaria en el último curso de Secundaria. Construction of gender identities from literary education in the last year of Secondary School

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Patricia Martínez León ◽  
Josep Ballester Roca ◽  
Noelia Ibarra Rius
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
School Students ◽  
Literary Education ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Cultural Constructions ◽  
Work Supports ◽  
Posttest Questionnaire

Este trabajo persigue favorecer una construcción crítica de las identidades genéricas desde la educación literaria en la adolescencia. Los objetivos específicos son el reconocimiento de la feminidad, la masculinidad, el amor y la sexualidad como construcciones culturales (para facilitar el desarrollo de modelos de género y conductas amorosas y sexuales lo más libres y reflexivas posible) y la identificación de ejemplos de la trampa de la mujer total (doble trabajo) y sus consecuencias y de la vinculación entre el tipo de relación de pareja que se entabla y la autoestima/el poder de los participantes. Tras la introducción teórica, presentamos una propuesta de club de lectura dirigida al último curso de Secundaria a partir de tres novelas que reflejan los tópicos y problemas aludidos y el cuestionario pretest-postest (seguimos un diseño cuasiexperimental) que los alumnos contestarían antes y después de su implementación para valorar el desarrollo de los objetivos fijados. This work supports a critical construction of generic identities in literary education for adolescents. One objective is the recognition of femininity, masculinity, love, and sexuality as cultural constructions that facilitate the development of gender models and loving and sexual behaviours as free and reflective as possible. A second objective is the identification of examples of the ‘total woman’ trap (double work) and its consequences. A third objective is to show the link betweenthe type of relationship established and the self-esteem and power of the participants. After the theoretical introduction, we present a proposal for a reading club for final year secondary school students with three novels that reflect these topics and issues and a pretest-posttest questionnaire (following a quasi-experimental design) for students to answer before and after implementation to assess development of the objectives.

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