Sexual Risk Behaviour: The Roles of Impulsivity, Family Type and Peer Pressure Among Undergraduate Students in Nigeria

Ekundayo Opeyemi Oyewunmi and Babalola Oyeyemi Bukola
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Ekundayo Opeyemi Oyewunmi: Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Babalola Oyeyemi Bukola: Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

European Review of Applied Sociology, 2020, vol. 13, issue 20, 15-23

Abstract: The study examined the influence of impulsivity on undergraduates’ sexual risk behaviour and also scrutinized the mediating roles of family type and peer pressure on undergraduates’ sexual risk behaviour in Southwestern Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey that employed a multi-stage sampling procedure in which respondents were selected at different levels and stages. A total of 1080 respondents selected from six Universities participated in the study. Their age ranges from 15-19 years with a mean of 15.9±1.2 years. Data gathered through Impulsive Behaviour Scale and the Sexual Behaviour Inventory was analysed by t-test and ANCOVA. The result showed that impulsivity (t = 6.04, df =1078, p

Keywords: sexual risk behaviour; impulsivity; peer pressure; family type; undergraduates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/eras-2020-0002

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