Causes of Premarital Sex as Expressed by Adolescents in Yagba West, Kogi State, Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Adegboyega, Lateef Omotosho; Jacob, Olumayowa Ayorinde
Titel	Causes of Premarital Sex as Expressed by Adolescents in Yagba West, Kogi State, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Anatolian Journal of Education, 2 (2017) 2, S.8-20 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2547-9652
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sexuality; Adolescents; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Religion; Age Differences; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Poverty; Peer Influence; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sexualität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Armut
Abstract	Pre-marital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who are not married to each other. This study therefore investigated causes of premarital sex as expressed by adolescents in Yagba West, Kogi State. This study adopts descriptive survey research type. The population for the study was all the secondary school students (adolescents) in Yagba West, Kogi State. A researchers--designed questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. In analyzing the data collected mean rating was used to answer the research question. All the null hypotheses generated for the study were tested using the independent t-test method of statistical analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Finding revealed that main cause of premarital sex among Secondary School students in Yagba West, Kogi State was that enticement by wealthy individuals lure adolescents into premarital sex. Furthermore, it was discovered from the study that there is no significant difference in the opinion of secondary school students on causes of premarital sex on the basis of gender, religion and age. It was recommended that educational psychologists and counsellors as a first step have the task of demystifying sexuality by providing the youngsters with adequate and relevant information regarding sexuality and reproductive health. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Anatolian Journal of Education. Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Education, Eskisehir 26480, Turkey. e-mail: aje.editorial@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.e-aje.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01