Pre-marital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who are not married to each other. This study therefore investigated causes of premarital sex as expressed by adolescents in Yagba West, Kogi State. This study adopts descriptive survey research type. The population for the study was all the secondary school students (adolescents) in…

Research was embarked upon to investigate the role of counselors in promoting sexuality education for in-school adolescents in Nigeria. The respondents were made up of 120 practicing guidance counselors in Enugu State situated in South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. They were drawn from both professional and teacher counselors practicing in…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationships of parental attachment and psychological separation to the career development process of secondary school adolescents. Design/methodology/approach: An "ex post facto" survey research design was adopted. The sample comprised 242 (males = 121, females = 121) senior…

A questionnaire study of the sexual behavior of Nigerian in-school adolescents reveals a "new morality" accompanied by personality problems and need for guidance. Taking the cultural setting into consideration, recommendations are made regarding sex instruction in the schools, involvement of parents, and school guidance centers. (JT)

Cultural differences in selective attention amonq Ibo and Yoruba adolescents of Nigeria were examined with the auditory split-span technique. (Author/DB)

Three experiments in auditory selective attention form the basis of this investigation of cross-cultural differences among the ethnic groups of the Ibo and Yoruba adolescents of Nigeria. A sample of 200 16-year-olds were randomly drawn from four secondary schools. Yoruba adolescents showed superior performance in a task-involving the repetition of…

It was found that Muslim Hausa boys who live in a heterogeneous educational environment are more advanced in moral judgment than those who live in a homogeneous educational environment, and, that the sentimental credibility of actors with traditional Muslim names in Kohlberg-type moral dilemmas affects the generalization of moral reasoning of…

Explores culture and gender differences in response styles using those of 1,717 children from 5 countries. Responses from the Self-Description Questionnaire-1 were analyzed for inconsistent responding, negativity or positivity bias, lack of profile variation, and social desirability. Relatively substantial country and country-by-gender differences…

A child who is not granted a familial environment that is fundamentally consistent and harmonious will be more than likely to develop inconsistently, primarily psychologically and, perhaps even physically, in comparison to the accepted standards. This would idealistically make for a scenario within which the child grows into an adult who is under…