A Path Investigation of NEO-PI Factors and Gender on Academic Procrastination of Adolescents in Senior Secondary Schools in Calabar, Nigeria

The study constructed and tested the NEOPI model and gender factor in explaining academic procrastination of 400 selected Senior Secondary School students in Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria. The participants responded to instruments as measures of the predictors (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreableness, Conscietiousness and gender factor) and criterion measure (academic procrastination). Data generated were subjected to multiple regression and path analytic techniques for the estimation of the standardized path coefficients of the structural equation generated from the paths produced in the model. The results showed that the most meaningful causal model was plausible with ten significant and meaningful pathways. When taken together, the predictor variables accounted for 15.1% of the total effect, out of which 99.98% and 99.96% were direct and indirect respectively. The implications for these findings for the students, parents, teachers, school administrators, school counsellors, curriculum developers and policy makers were discussed. Keywords: Academic procrastination, Gender, NEO-P

Impact of some demographic variables on job satisfaction of women police in Ibadan, Nigeria

The impact of some demographic variables (marital status, educational attainment, job status, and age) on job satisfaction of women police was examined. 120 participants (mean age = 32.8) randomly selected from two out of four Area Commands of the Oyo State Police Command participated on the study. The study utilized an instrument, ‘Women Police Job Satisfaction Scale' (WPJS) (∝ = 0.74). Results from the study indicated that none of the variables examined had any significant impact on job satisfaction of women police. Thus, women police job satisfaction is not predicated on the examined variables. This perhaps is as a result of women police commitment to the police job. The interpretation of this suggests that women police are satisfied with their job. Keywords: job satisfaction, women police, Nigeria Gender and Behaviour Vol. 4(1) 2006: 73

Correlates of parental influence, school environment, learners\' interest and self – efficiency on academic performance of police children in Ibadan, Nigeria

The study examined the predicting effects of parental influence, school environment, Learners\' interest, and self–efficacy on academic performance of police children in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo state, Nigeria. The sample consisted of 200 primary IV, V and VI pupils (Mean age = 9 years). The results of the multiple regression revealed that parental influence, school environment, learners\' interest and self-efficacy individually and jointly predicted academic performance. The study found that the predictors jointly determine the academic performance of the pupils. Parents\' influence, self–efficacy, and school environment were also found to be statistically significant. Results are discussed in terms of counseling implications. Keywords: parental influence, academic performance, police children, NigeriaAfrican Journal of Psychological Study of Social Issues Vol. 8(1) 2005: 42-5

Gender differences in the sexual behaviour of selected adolescents in Southern Nigeria

This study investigated the differences in the sexual behaviour of some Nigerian adolescent boys and girls. Five hundred and ninety nine adolescents (299 males and 309 females) from six randomly selected states in Southern Nigeria participated in the study. Mean ages of subjects were 17.38 for boys and 16.65 for girls. Using the Falaye Adolescent' Sexual Behaviour Inventory (FASBI), adolescents' sexual behaviour was assessed using the proximate determinants of attitude towards pubertal changes and reproductive biology, adolescent source of sex information, adolescent sexual activities (intercourse and contraception) and attitude (values and perception) towards reproductive health matters. Five hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance and a research question was also answered in the study. Findings reveal that there are no statistically significant differences in male and female adolescents' sexual behaviour in terms of reactions to pubertal changes, source of sex information and attitudes to reproductive health matters. However, there is a significant difference in the sexual experience and activities of subjects with male subjects indicating a higher mean than females. Also significantly, the study found that southern Nigerian female adolescents commence sexual activities earlier than their male counterparts. Generally however, the mean age of coital debut among Nigerian adolescents is 15.75 years. Implications of findings were highlighted and recommendations for adequate adolescents counselling and sexuality education were made. The Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Vol. 9(1) 2004: 240-25

Education and marital-gender differences as psychological indices of attribution of assault among some married Nigerians

No Abstract Available African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Vol.4(2) 1999: 235-24