Abstract
This study investigated peer influence
on students’ membership into cultism in some selected tertiary institutions in
the South Eastern zone of Nigeria. It explored students’ perception of peer
influence on students’ membership to cult groups. Two null hypotheses guided
the study. T-test and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the
data collected. The sample wasT38 undergraduate students randomly selected from
Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Federal Polytechnic, Unwana and Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike. This sample comprises of 80 male
undergraduate students and 58 female undergraduate students. The results showed
that both male and female students of the schools used perceived the influence
of peer pressure as strong factor to membership of cultism in their schools.
Based on the results, recommendations were made.
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