Psychological empowerment and development

Using the archival method of investigation, this paper explores the subject of psychological empowerment (particularly in relation to youths) and national development. The specific objective of the paper is to explore and establish the importance of psychological empowerment of the masses and particularly the youths, in order to enhance national development. The paper establishes the fact that several empowerment programs that have been introduced at different times, by different regimes might not have yielded the expected results probably because attention has not been paid to the psychological empowerment of the masses. The assertion and recommendation that psychological empowerment is paramount to national development is based on the fact that human beings are psychological entities and as long as they experience psychological frustration, they may almost always antagonize government’s move towards development. The paper thus concludes that psychological empowerment of the masses (particularly the youths) is of paramount importance in enhancing national development

Demographic Predictors of Sexual Risk Susceptibility among Undergraduates in Two Universities in Nigeria

1 Purpose This study investigated gender religious affiliation institution of learning and academic level as factors predicting sexual risk susceptibility among university undergraduates drawn from two Univer - sities in South-Western Nigeria 2 Methods Using an ex-post facto survey research design and random sampling methods a total of 320 participants were selected for the study 118 36 9 were male 202 63 1 were female Validated scale was used for data collection Four hypotheses were stated two of which were analyzed using t-test of independent means while the remaining two were analyzed using a univariate analysis of varianc