Sexual promiscuity among students in tertiary institutions: Interrogating the roles of peer influence, parenting processes, social economic status and social media
1 Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
2 Department of Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
3 Department of Psychology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA.
4 Department of Adolescent Mental Health and Well-being, Edgehill University, United Kingdom.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(02), 132–143
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2217
Publication history:
Received on 21 September 2023; revised on 30 October 2023; accepted on 02 November 2023
Abstract:
The study examined peer influence, parenting, socioeconomic status, and social media as predictors of sexual promiscuity among youths in tertiary institutions in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design of correlational type. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in this study. Data was collected using (Parental Socioeconomic Status Scale α = .89; Parentings and Dimensions Questionnaire α =0.79; Peer Influence α =0.78; Social Network Usage Questionnaire α=.84). Peer influence (r = .264; p<0.05); Parenting (r = .272; p<0.05) and social media (r = .223; p<0.05) had a significant relationship with (sexual promiscuity) but social economic status (r = .023; p<0.05) was not. Social media made the most significant contribution (β = .156; t= 2.572; p<0.05). The study concluded that there is a predictive and positive relationship between peer influence, parenting, social media, and sexual promiscuity among youths in tertiary institutions.
Keywords:
Peer influence; Parenting; Socioeconomic status; Social media; Sexual promiscuity; Tertiary institutions
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