Title: Predictors of violent sexual behaviour of adolescents in Africa: implications for counselling

Authors: Babatunde Oyeyemi Ogunwuyi; Sunday Adeola Ajagbe

Addresses: CAC Theological Seminary, Akure, Nigeria ' Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract: This study investigated the influence of sexual content on social media information in the violent sexual behaviour of adolescents in Africa. The study is anchored by the social learning theory of Bandura in which learning by imitation is emphasised. Total enumeration was adopted for the study since the population was accessible to the researchers. Media Influence Scale (r = 0.79) and Violent Sexual Behaviour Scale (r = 0.82) were used for data collection while frequency counts, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson product statistics were used for data analysis. It was shown from the results that there was no significant difference between male and female adolescents' violent sexual (Crit-t = 1.96, Cal.t = −.978, DF = 93, p (.331) > .05 and that of adolescents from monogamous. Then, positive significant relationship existed between media factors and adolescents' violent sexual behaviour in Africa (r = .355, n = 95, p (.000) < 0.05).

Keywords: gender; family type; social media contents; violent and sexual behaviour; prediction in adolescents; social learning theory.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2022.127115

International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, 2022 Vol.8 No.3/4, pp.175 - 187

Received: 12 Feb 2022
Accepted: 30 May 2022
Published online: 22 Nov 2022 *

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