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    Exploring the Suitability of Rosenberg Self- esteem Scale for Adult Use in South-Western Nigeria
    (American Psychological Association, 2014) Oladipo, S.E.; Malomo, B.; Kalule-Sabiti, I.
    Despite the popularity, simplicity and wide usage of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES), its reliability and validity among different samples across culture is in doubt. This study was thus conducted to investigate the suitability of RSES as a self-esteem measure among adult samples in Southwestern Nigeria. 458 purposively and conveniently sampled adults participated in the study i.e. 371 male and 87 females. Participants were drawn from the population of adults who attended recruitment exercise with the National Road Safety Corps in one of the Western states of Nigeria. Their ages ranged from 20-35 years and classification according marital status revealed that 411 of the participants, while 47 of them were never married. Initial reliability analysis conducted on the scale yielded an σ co efficient of .24 and a split-half reliability co-efficient of .29. The low reliability informed the principal factor analysis that was done which yielded a one dimensional scale with items 2,5,6,9 having factor loadings that are > .30. The composite reliability scale when tested with the emerging four items revealed an σ reliability of .63 which is generally considered to be good enough. It is concluded that the RSES is not a suitable measure of self-esteem among adult samples in southwestern Nigeria if it is used in its original form with the 10 items. However, the 4 items could be used. It is recommended that a more elaborate study be conducted that will include adults from different sectors and different parts of the country in order to make generalization of research findings possible.
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    Psycho-Social Correlates of Tolerance for Disagreement among Road Traffic Officers on Nigerian Highways
    (2018-01) Malomo, B.; Oladipo, S.E.; Balogun; Sikiru, A.
    This study investigated age, gender, self-esteem and job locus of control as correlates of tolerance for disagreement among 458 randomly selected road traffic officers in Nigeria. Though disagreement between road traffic officers and road users occur on a daily basis, minimal research attention has been paid to it; hence the need for this study. Participants' age ranged between 20-35years (M=27.84; SD=1.98); married participants were 47 and never married were 411. Lowest academic qualification of participants was Ordinary National Diploma, while the highest was Master's degree. Validated scales were used for data collection and data collected were analysed with appropriate test statistics using version 21 of the SPSS statistical software. Results suggested significant positive correlations between self-esteem (r = 0.221, p<0.01), job locus of control (r = 0.141, p<0.01) and tolerance for disagreement. However, age and gender of participants did not show any significant influence on their tolerance for disagreement. These results suggest that identification of psycho-social variables among potential road traffic officers will aid relevant 1 agencies in introducing pre-intervention programs as a post screening measure for traffic officers.