Psychosocial predictors of sexual experimentation among adolescents with hearing impairment in Lagos State
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2018
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Adeniyi, S.O
Kuku, O.O
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Abstract
This study examined psychosocial predictors of sexual experimentation among
adolescents with hearing impairment in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study employed
descriptive survey research design. The samples consisted of 120 students with
hearing impairment between ages 12 and 21. Instrument for this study was
Adolescent Sexual Experimentation Inventory with sub-scales: Self-esteem, Peer
relation, Parental style and Sexual initiation with reliability coefficient of 0.79, 0.69,
0.73 and 0.63 respectively. Rosenberg's self-esteem scale was adapted while other
sub-scales were self-developed. Five hypotheses were tested and the results
revealed that socio-economic factors, self-esteem and peer influence predicted
sexual experimentation of the participants. However, parenting style did not relate to
sexual experimentation. It was further revealed that all the independent variables did
not jointly predict sexual experimentation of the participants though they all
contributed relatively. It was recommended that the participant should be helped to
develop high self-esteem. Also, good character should be emulated
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Scholarly article
Keywords
Hearing impairment , Psychosocial , Sexual experimentation , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
Citation
Adeniyi, S.O., Kuku, O.O. (2018).