Peer Pressure and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Risky Sexual Behaviour among in-School Adolescents in Makurdi Local Government

Rimande Ubandoma Joel Mbbs, PhD Tomen Egbe Agu and PhD Dzer Benjamin Terzungwe
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Rimande Ubandoma Joel Mbbs: Department of Public Health, Taraba State University, Jalingo
PhD Tomen Egbe Agu: Department of Public Health, Taraba State University, Jalingo
PhD Dzer Benjamin Terzungwe: Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 08, 41-48

Abstract: The study “peer pressure and self-efficacy as predictors of risky sexual behavior among in-school adolescents in Makurdi local government†was carried out with the following objectives to find out if; peer pressure will predict risky sexual behaviors among in-school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government, self-efficacy will predict risky sexual behaviors among in-school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government, peer pressure and Self-efficacy will jointly predict risky sexual behaviors among in-school adolescents in Makurdi Local Government. The study was anchored on the Albert Bandura’s social learning / cognitive theory and Dweck and colleagues’ implicit theories of peer relationships. Using the Taro Yamane’s formula, the sample size of the study was 400. The participants were all sampled from Tiley Gyado Secondary School, Jewel Academy, Airforce Secondary School, Elite Secondary School, Pardopas Harmony Secondary School, and Community Secondary school all from Makurdi local government. Of the whole 400 participants age wise, 25(6.3%), 17(4.3%), 72(18%), 127(31.8%), 69(16.5%), 66(16.5%) and 24(6%) participant were 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 years respectively. Regarding participant’s sex, 218 respondents represented by (54.5%) were males while the remaining 182(45.5%) were females. Furthermore, 352(88%) were Christian as 42(12%) were Islam religious wise. Pertaining tribe, Tiv was highly represented with 204(51%) following by Idoma 80(20%) while Igede maintained 67(16.8%) as others constituted 49(12.3%). Also, demographically it was shown that 226(56.5%) were of the junior class (JSS 1-3) while 174(43.5%) represented the senior class (SS 1-3). Findings of the study showed that, peer pressure significantly predicted risky sexual behavior among in-school adolescents in Makurdi metropolis [R = .286 and R2 = .082; F (1, 398) = 35.459; p

Date: 2021
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