Psycho-Social factors as correlates of anti-social behaviour among secondary school adolescents in Oke-Ogun area, Oyo state

dc.contributor.authorOgundokun, M.O.
dc.contributor.authorAlamu, L.O.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-17T12:02:29Z
dc.date.available2018-10-17T12:02:29Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated some psycho-social factors as correlates of anti-social behaviors among secondary school adolescents in Oke-Ogun Area, Oyo State. Descriptive survey research design was employed. A multi-stage random sampling technique was employed in selecting 694 participating adolescents from two Local Government randomly selected from the list 9 Local Government in Oke-Ogun Area of Oyo State. Their age ranged between 11 years and 19 years with the mean age of 12.6 years and the standard deviation 4.57. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the data. The results demonstrated that each of the psycho-social factors jointly influence anti-social behaviors among secondary school adolescents, but peer relation is the most potent factor that influences anti-social behaviors. The implications of the findings for educational and counselling practice were highlighted.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0189-5656
dc.identifier.otherNigerian Journal of Applied Psychology 12(2), pp.25-47
dc.identifier.otherui_art_ogundokun_psycho-social_2011
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/2947
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Guidance and Counselling University of Ibadanen_US
dc.subjectAdolescents,en_US
dc.subjectanti-social behaviour,en_US
dc.subjectparenting styles,en_US
dc.subjectpeer relations,en_US
dc.subjectself-esteem,en_US
dc.subjectself-efficacy,en_US
dc.subjectself-understandingen_US
dc.subjectfamily socio-economic status.en_US
dc.titlePsycho-Social factors as correlates of anti-social behaviour among secondary school adolescents in Oke-Ogun area, Oyo stateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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