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Item Inter-parental conflict, parent-child relationship on emotional security of school-going adolescents in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State(Faculty of Education, Kampala International University, Tanzania, 2016-12) Adeyemi, A. O.The rate of loneliness, anxiety, depression, emotional distress, distrust in relationships among adolescents and their implications for student',' academic performance, relationship with teachers and peers, personality, choice of career, emotional development and preparation for life have been traced to variations in adolescents' emotional security. The foregoing has inspired investigation into inter-parental conflict and parent-child relationship as determinants of emotional security of school-going adolescents in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design of the ex-post facto type, with a sample of 248 adolescents (between the ages of 13 and 19 years) randomly selected from junior secondary schools in Oyo State. Three measuring scales (Inter-parental conflict scale; r = 0.78, Parent-child relationship scale; r = 0.73 Emotional security scale = 0.76) were used in collecting data. Pearson's product moment correlation and multiple linear regression were used in testing three research questions at 0.05 level of significance. The result indicated that inter-parental conflict (r = -.821, P<0.01) and parent-child relationship (r =.885, P<0.01) significantly correlated with adolescents' emotional security. The regression analysis confirmed that the independent variables jointly accounted for 81.6% variance in the prediction of adolescents' emotional security. Parent-child relationship (Beta = .636, t= 14.883, P<0.01) was found to be the strongest predictor of adolescents' emotional security, followed by inter-parental conflict (Beta = .636, t= 14.883, P<0.01). By implication, reduction in inter-parental conflict will improve adolescents' emotional security, while a unit change in parent-child relationship will increase the likelihood for an improved adolescents' emotional security. It was recommended that parents should not discuss their grievances or exchange words in the presence of their children because of its effects on their emotional development. They were also enjoined not to transfer aggression to their children. School counsellors were enjoined to help adolescents develop emotional regulatory ski/Is to adjust unpleasant situations or events in life.Item Parental connectedness, monitoring and depression on substance abuse among undergraduate students of the University of Ibadan(Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2016) Adeyemi, A. O.Based on the ever increasing rate of substance abuse among university undergraduates, this study investigated parent connectedness, parental monitoring, and depression on substance abuse among undergraduate students in the University of Ibadan. A descriptive research design of correlational type was adopted for this study. Four reliable measuring scales were used for the data collection. A sample of 220 adolescents was randomly selected among four faculties of the University of Ibadan. The study found a significant relationship among the variables and dependent variable. A significant joint effect of parent connectedness, parental monitoring, and depression to the prediction of substance abuse was established among undergraduate students. The most potent factor was depression; followed by parental monitoring and parent connectedness. This implies that, there is likelihood for an increase in adolescent's engagement HI substance abuse when there is a high influence of depression. While adolescent students may reduce their engagement in substance abuse when parent connectedness and parental monitoring is high. Among others, it was recommended that the school counselling unit should organize relaxation training programmes to reduce the stress and frustration that lead students engaging in substance abuse. More so parents should keep the relationship between them and their children lively and healthy even when they are far away on campus.Item The role of social workers in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy in Oyo east local government area, Oyo State(Department of Sociology University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria, 2019) Afolabi, A.The study investigated the role of Social Workers in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy in Oyo East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. It has been observed that unwanted pregnancy is popular among adolescents resulting in most of them dropping out of school. Specifically, the objectives of the study are to ascertain the factors associated with adolescent pregnancy and to establish social work intervention strategies for adolescent pregnancy. The population for the study consisted of 27 social workers in social work department of state hospitals, health centers, primary and secondary schools as well as social welfare organizations spread across 16 different locations in Oyo East Local Government Area of Oyo state. Total enumeration sampling technique was used to sample the 27 social workers. Questionnaire was used to gather relevant data. The findings revealed that poverty (100%), child abuse (100%), child abandonment 100%, and lack of sex education (92.6%) predisposed adolescents to early or unwanted pregnancy. However, Social Workers adopted improving communication between parents and their children (85.2%), community-based prevention (85.2) and encouraging adolescents to attain higher education (100%) as major intervention strategies to prevent adolescent pregnancy among teenagers. The study therefore recommends that Local Government Authority in collaboration with the state government should employ the Services Social Workers who have the competence and skills to address the root causes of adolescent pregnancy in order to prevent adolescent pregnancy. Also parents should instill sound moral teachings in their children and collaborate with social workers to provide effective sex education for teenagersItem Environmental and Personality Factors as Correlates of Psychological Adjustment of Adolescents with Hearing Impairment in Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria(2011) Isaiah, O. O.Adolescents with hearing impairment are often viewed as individuals who are psychologically maladjusted as a result of poor environmental and personality factors. Consequently, their senses of belonging in the society have been reduced to the extent that their self image have been affected. Although, several studies on adolescents with hearing impairment have focus on their academic performance, but little attempt have been made to examine or study the environmental and personality factors. This study, therefore, examined the environmental and personality factors as correlates of psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment in secondary schools in Oyo state, Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted. The Purposive sampling technique was used to select 233 adolescents with hearing impairment from four integrated secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo and Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Four research instruments were used for data collection: Adolescents Home and School Adjustment Questionnaire (r=0.86), personality types Questionnaire (r=0.84), Adjustment to Hearing Loss Questionnaire (r=0.83) and Psychological Adjustment Inventory (r=0.68). Three research questions were answered and six hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Chi Square and Multiple Regression. Home environment (r=0.812, p< 0.05) and school environment (r=0.773, p< 0.05) were positively correlated with psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment. Home environment, school environment, age of onset and degree of hearing loss significantly predicted psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment (F(4,226) = 1014.54 p<0.05) and contributed 94.7% of the total variance to the dependent variable. However, age of onset and degree of hearing loss were not significantly correlated with psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment. Also, there were no significant associations among personality types, gender and psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment. The relative contributions of the independent variables to the psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment are as follows: home environment (β=0.624), school environment (β=0.570), age of onset (β=0.004), and degree of hearing loss (β=0.000) respectively. Home environment, school environment and personality types are important factors that enhanced psychological adjustment of adolescents with hearing impairment. Therefore, the government, parents and other stakeholders who are involved in the education of adolescents with hearing impairment should create an atmosphere that could enhance their psychological adjustment.