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Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi

A connection between peer-influence and adolescent delinquence among auxiliary school young people in Ibadan Metropolis was investigated. Multi-stage purposive sampling was used to select 120 participants. They consisted of 68 male and 42 female respondents with ages ranged between 11 and 18 years....

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Main Authors: Lasisi, Adekola Kamil, Olaifa, Adeseko Sunday, Alabi, Mutiu Ayofe
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Language:English
Published: 2021
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spelling my.uitm.ir.660782022-09-06T08:38:46Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66078/ Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi Lasisi, Adekola Kamil Olaifa, Adeseko Sunday Alabi, Mutiu Ayofe A connection between peer-influence and adolescent delinquence among auxiliary school young people in Ibadan Metropolis was investigated. Multi-stage purposive sampling was used to select 120 participants. They consisted of 68 male and 42 female respondents with ages ranged between 11 and 18 years. The mean age and standard deviation of the ages are respectively 14.62 years and 13.37. Three research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 critical region. Two instruments were used to collect the data: Juvenile Delinquency Scale (r= 0.83) and Negative Peer Influence Scale (r = 0.95). The data collected were exposed to P. P. M. C. The findings showed that there was significant association between peer -influence and adolescent delinquency of the participants in Ibadan Metropolis (r. calculated = 0.54; df = 238; P < 0.05). It was observed that there was significant association between peer influence and delinquency of male secondary school adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis (r. calculated = 0.35; df = 134; P < 0.05); and that there was significant association between peer-influence and juvenile delinquency among female secondary school adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis (r. calculated = 0.27; df = 80; P < 0.05). The findings were discussed and necessary recommendations were put forward. 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66078/1/66078.pdf Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi. (2021) ASEAN Entrepreneurship Journal (AEJ), 7 (2): 3. pp. 26-31. ISSN 2637-0301 (e-ISSN) https://aej.uitm.edu.my/
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description A connection between peer-influence and adolescent delinquence among auxiliary school young people in Ibadan Metropolis was investigated. Multi-stage purposive sampling was used to select 120 participants. They consisted of 68 male and 42 female respondents with ages ranged between 11 and 18 years. The mean age and standard deviation of the ages are respectively 14.62 years and 13.37. Three research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 critical region. Two instruments were used to collect the data: Juvenile Delinquency Scale (r= 0.83) and Negative Peer Influence Scale (r = 0.95). The data collected were exposed to P. P. M. C. The findings showed that there was significant association between peer -influence and adolescent delinquency of the participants in Ibadan Metropolis (r. calculated = 0.54; df = 238; P < 0.05). It was observed that there was significant association between peer influence and delinquency of male secondary school adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis (r. calculated = 0.35; df = 134; P < 0.05); and that there was significant association between peer-influence and juvenile delinquency among female secondary school adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis (r. calculated = 0.27; df = 80; P < 0.05). The findings were discussed and necessary recommendations were put forward.
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author Lasisi, Adekola Kamil
Olaifa, Adeseko Sunday
Alabi, Mutiu Ayofe
spellingShingle Lasisi, Adekola Kamil
Olaifa, Adeseko Sunday
Alabi, Mutiu Ayofe
Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi
author_facet Lasisi, Adekola Kamil
Olaifa, Adeseko Sunday
Alabi, Mutiu Ayofe
author_sort Lasisi, Adekola Kamil
title Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi
title_short Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi
title_full Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi
title_fullStr Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi
title_full_unstemmed Correlational Study of Peer Influence and Juvenile Delinquency among Secondary School Adolescents in Ibadan Metropolis / Adekola Kamil Lasisi, Adeseko Sunday Olaifa , Mutiu Ayofe Alabi
title_sort correlational study of peer influence and juvenile delinquency among secondary school adolescents in ibadan metropolis / adekola kamil lasisi, adeseko sunday olaifa , mutiu ayofe alabi
publishDate 2021
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/66078/1/66078.pdf
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