Impact of Psychosocial Factors on the Adolescents’ Behaviour - Creative Education

CE > Vol.2 No.4, October 2011

Creative Education

Volume 2, Issue 4 (October 2011)

ISSN Print: 2151-4755 ISSN Online: 2151-4771

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Impact of Psychosocial Factors on the Adolescents’ Behaviour ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2011.24057 8,347 Downloads 16,527 Views Citations

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Beatrice Olawumi Ajidahun

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ABSTRACT

The study examined poverty, divorce and peer-pressure as correlates of behavioural problems among adolescents in Adekunle Ajasin University. A total number of 100 students were randomly selected from various Departments in the Faculty of Education. The research instrument titled: Adolescent Psychological Questionnaire (APQ) consisting of 18 items was administered to the adolescents in the Faculty. Four research hypotheses were formulated. The data were analysed using frequency count and Chi-Square statistics. Results showed that all the hypotheses tested were significant. This implies that poverty, divorce and peer-pressure were correlates of behavioural problems among adolescents in the Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, Nigeria.

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Psychlogy, Adolescents, Behaviors

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Ajidahun, B. (2011) Impact of Psychosocial Factors on the Adolescents’ Behaviour. Creative Education, 2, 398-401. doi: 10.4236/ce.2011.24057.

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