Relationship between Family Cohesion and Teenage Sexual Behavior in Public Secondary Schools in Kajiado County, Kenya

Juliana Anyango Nyaguti, Stephen Asatsa (PhD) and Josephine Muthami (PhD)
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Juliana Anyango Nyaguti: Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Stephen Asatsa (PhD): Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Josephine Muthami (PhD): Department of Psychology, the University of Nairobi

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 09, 177-187

Abstract: This research aimed at examining the relationship between family functioning and teenagers’ sexual behavioral patterns amongst students in public secondary schools in Kajiado West sub-county, Kajiado County, Kenya. The research used survey design with a target population of 6085 students from public secondary schools. Based on Yamane’s formula, the sample size of 375 students was selected by simple random sampling to participate in the study. Data were collected from this sample using standardized questionnaires; the Family Assessment Device (FAD) and the Adolescent Clinical Sexual Behavior Inventory (ACSBI-S). Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Independent t-Test and Correlation analysis. The findings indicated that there was statistically significant positive correlation between family cohesion and teenagers’ sexual behavior. Family cohesion had a positive correlation with sexual knowledge at r=.200; p-value= .000. Therefore an increase in family cohesion has a corresponding positive influence on the student sexual knowledge. Family cohesion on the other hand had a positive and significant correlation with sexual interests (r=0.135; p= 0.11). The findings imply that family cohesion could be used in regulating some of the sexual behavior domains of teenagers. ’

Date: 2021
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