SEXUAL PROMISCUITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND ITS COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE

📄 Project Abstract

This study investigated sexual promiscuity among adolescents and its counselling implications in Nsukka Education zone of Enugu State. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study and two hypotheses. The population of the study consisted of 300 adolescents drawn from four secondary schools in Nsukka Education zone using stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection while the data collected were analyzed using mean ( x ) score. In testing the hypotheses, t-test statistics was adopted. Based on the analysis, the following major findings emanated from the study. That what constitute sexual promiscuity among adolescents are indiscriminate engagement in sexual acts, keeping many sex partners for the love of it, taking part in sexual acts as societal norms. The causes of sexual promiscuity among adolescents are negative peer group influence, lack of self control, early exposure to pornography, ignorance of the negative effects of sex...