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Item Determinants of quality romantic relationship among emerging adults in tertiary institutions in Oyo state, Nigeria(Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan, 2015-06) Alade, A.O.Romantic relationships undoubtedly play a major role in the lives of most young adults since it is the building blocks for a healthy adult marriage. However, attachment style formed in early life through interaction with caregivers and significant others and the individual’s personality composition provide a spring board for quality romantic relationship in readiness for marriage. The present study using descriptive survey research design, investigated the predictive influence of personality traits, attachment styles, age and gender on quality romantic relationship among emerging adults in tertiary institutions in Oyo state. The sample comprised male and female young adults (N=450) aged between 18- 25years old who responded to three standardized self report questionnaires. Three research questions were raised and answered in the -study. Results indicated that there was significant correlations among the independent variables with correlation coefficients ranging from r=.286 to r=.861 with quality romantic relationship. Multivariates regression analyses indicated that the contribution of the independent variable was significant [F (9,44;) = 2.37; p<.0.05] which jointly accounted for about 92.2% variation in the prediction of quality romantic relationship. Conscientiousness made the most significant contribution (β= 1.096; t= 31.483; p<0.05) to the prediction while neuroticism (β= .003; t=.128; p>0.05) and gender (β= .004; t= .007; p>0.05) had insignificant relative contribution. The study provides empirical evidence to suggest that psychological factors, like age and gender have a role to play in quality romantic relationship among emerging adultsItem Emotional intelligence and academic achievement: the moderating influence of age , intrinsic and extrinsic motivation(African educational research network, 2010-12) Ogundokun M.O.||Adeyemo D.A.The study examined the moderating influence of emotional intelligence, age and academic motivation on academic achievement of secondary school students. The study adopted a survey research design. The participants in the study were 1563 (male=826, female=737) secondary school students from Oyo state, Nigeria. Their age ranged between 12 years and 17 years with mean age 0f 15.96 years. Two valid and reliable instruments were used to assess emotional intelligence and academic motivation while achievement test on English Language and Mathematics were used as a measure of academic achievement. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation and hierarchical regression were used to analyse the data. The result revealed that the Emotional Intelligence, Age and Academic Motivation were potent predictors mildly associated to academic achievement. The study has implications for the curriculum developers to integrate emotional intelligence into the school curriculum of secondary school. That teachers, counseling and educational psychologists should encourage the development of a strong achievement motivation in the students through the provision of appropriate counseling intervention programmes and enabling environment. By so doing, the academic performance of the students could be improved barring all other teaching-learning obstacles.