Relationship among Gender Sexual Attitude, Sexual Self-Esteem and Risky Sexual Behaviours of Senior Secondary School Students in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The rate at which school going adolescents engaged in risky sexual Behaviours in the Country are alarming and now of serious concern. It is therefore/the focus of this study to examine the relationship among gender sexual attitude, sexual self-esteem and risky sexual behaviours of Senior Secondary School Student in Niger State Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling techniques were employed in selecting 290 school going adolescents from some Senior Secondary Schools in the seven educational zones of Niger State. One research question was answered using descriptive analysis of ordinary percentage and rank order, three hypotheses were tested using Pearson product-moment correlation co-efficient at 0.05 significant level. The students responded to the instrument used for data collection, the items were constructed on a 4- point likert scale of strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree, with a total of 50 items titled "Questionnaire on the relationship among gender sexual attitude, sexual self-esteem and risky sexual behaviours" (QRAGSASSERSB). The result revealed that there are significant relationships among gender sexual attitude, sexual self-esteem and risky sexual behavior of senior secondary school students. Some recommendations were proffered among which is; preventive seminars and workshops were advocated for students and sex education should be integrated and properly implemented in the secondary schools curriculum.