Social Variables and Promiscuity among Senior Secondary One Students in Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State

Abstract

The study sought to determine the relationship between social variables and promiscuity among SS1 students in Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions were raised and three 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 (SS1) students in the 63 public secondary schools in Eket Senatorial District, Nigeria. A sample size of 375 Senior Secondary One (SS1) 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 “Social Variables and Students Promiscuity Questionnaire (SVSPQ) 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. Findings of the study revealed a very high positive and significant relationship between peer pressure, family discipline, exposure to video films and promiscuity among SS1 students in Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. The findings further showed a high positive and significant relationship between parental upbringing, desire for materialism and promiscuity among SS1 students in the study area. 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.