Assessment of Social Factors and Promiscuity Among The Secondary School Students in South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

The study sought to determine the relationship between social variables and promiscuity among SSS3 students in South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A correlational research design was adopted while population of the study comprised all the 15,222 Senior Secondary One (SSS3) students in the 63 public secondary schools in South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. A sample size of 375 Senior Secondary One (SSS3) was selected for the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 25 public secondary schools out of 63 as well as 15 SS1 students from each of the sampled schools for instrument administration. The researcher’s developed and validated instrument titled “Assessment of Social Factors among the Secondary School Students Questionnaire were used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to answer the research questions and testing of hypotheses, all at the degree of freedom of 373 and at .05 significant levels. The findings further showed a high positive and significant relationship between parental upbringing, desire for materialism and promiscuity among SSS3 students in South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. Conclusion was drawn from the findings while the researcher recommends among other things that, school administrators, parents and teachers should wake up to their responsibilities of monitoring and advising students on the kind of associations they should keep, so as to reduce peer influences towards premarital sex.