Social Environmental Factors Influencing The Moral Behaviour Of Nigerian Adolescents:- Uzoka, R. N
Abstract
The study focused on the social
environmentalfactors that influence the moral behaviour of adolescents in the
secondary schools located in OwerriMunicipal area ofImo State. The sample was
made up of450 adolescents drawnfrom nine (9) schoolsselectedfrom thepublic
secondary schools in study area. Three research questions and hypotheses guided
the study. Researchers made questionnaire captioned "Social Environmental
Eactors and Moral Behaviour of Adolescent Students Questionnaire” (SEFMBASQ)
was the instrument usedfor the study. The reliability coefficient ofthe
instrument using Pearson product moment correlation was 0.75. Mean. SD and t-teststatistics
were used to analyze data. Results showed that peer groups, mass media and
religious groups are some of the social environmental[actors that strongly
influence the moral behaviour ofadolescents. Based on the findings it was
recommended thatgovernment andnon-governmental organisationsshouldorganise
seminars to educate the adolescents on the negative andpositive effects
ofpeergroup associations among otherrecommendations.
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