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• TITLE: Impact of Psychosocial Factors on the Adolescents’ Behaviour

  AUTHORS: Beatrice Olawumi Ajidahun

  KEYWORDS: Psychlogy, Adolescents, Behaviors

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.2 No.4, October 18, 2011

  ABSTRACT: The study examined poverty, divorce and peer-pressure as correlates of behavioural problems among adolescents in Adekunle Ajasin University. A total number of 100 students were randomly selected from various Departments in the Faculty of Education. The research instrument titled: Adolescent Psychological Questionnaire (APQ) consisting of 18 items was administered to the adolescents in the Faculty. Four research hypotheses were formulated. The data were analysed using frequency count and Chi-Square statistics. Results showed that all the hypotheses tested were significant. This implies that poverty, divorce and peer-pressure were correlates of behavioural problems among adolescents in the Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, Nigeria.