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{"title":"The influence of attending church-owned and government-owned universities on sexual attitude and risky-sexual behaviour of emerging youth","authors":"T. Williams, R. Aderanti","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69522","url":null,"abstract":"This study employed descriptive survey design to investigate the influence of attending church-owned and government-owned universities on sexual attitude and risky sexual behaviour of emerging youths, indicating a social assumption as well as an empirical association between the variables and show that religiosity is a potent gatekeeper of certain behaviours which may include sexual attitudes and risky behaviours of individuals. The Nigerian context is one in which proliferation of private universities owned by religious bodies have crafted curricula based on this assumption. 200 students were randomly selected from the two groups for the study. The results showed that the independent variable (religiosity) had a significant influence on the sexual attitude but no significant influence on risky-sexual behaviours of youths in both groups. The study also showed significant difference in religiosity, sexual attitude and risky-sexual behaviours among the two groups. Implication for the study is the inclusion of religious participation in schools which should be done in such a way that it does not infringe on the fundamental rights of the students. Academic excellence should be encouraged among students in order to further divert their attention from risky-sexual behaviours.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"87 12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126295893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corporate Social Responsibility: An Organizational Tool for Survival in Nigeria","authors":"R. Akindele","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69516","url":null,"abstract":"Demonstrating socially responsible behaviour has become increasingly important for corporations. The study identifies the extent of participation of the banking industries in corporate social responsibility, the bank policies as it affects CRS and the impact of the bank the on the practice of CRS. The study utilized primary source of data collection procedure through the administration of questionnaire. 120 copies of the questionnaire were administered on employees of four major banks in Osogbo Osun State. The respondents of this study are employees of the upper, middle and low cadre across all the department of the banks. They were purposely selected for this study. All the copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using frequency distribution and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study revealed that about 90% of the respondents indicated the extent of participation in corporate social responsibilities activities is high, the findings also revealed that a significant Pvalue of 0.417 which shows a non-significant relationship was observed from the relationship between the type of the bank and CRS practices. In addition, the findings of the study revealed that a significant P-value of 0.028 which ascertain a significant relationship was observed between bank profitability and CRS practices. Lastly, a significant relationship was observed from the P-value of 0.0317 between bank policies and CRS practices.It is recommended that Governments should minimize the excessive demands they make from corporate organizations, particularly Banks, for financing of projects and events. Usually, expenses incurred on these constitute a huge drain on the scarce financial resources of organizations that would have been spent in other CRS projects that will be more beneficial to the populace and society. And that government at all levels should encourage organizations to implement more of CSR initiatives by granting them tax reliefs, rebates and other concessions,","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115341750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Work-life balance practices in the banking sector : insights from Nigeria","authors":"C. Mordi, S. Ojo","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69546","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to examine the extent to which work-life balance policies/practices are a reality for employees of banking sector. The article is based on a mixed method approach utilising both qualitative and quantitative methods. Semistructured interviews were utilised for the qualitative and questionnaire used for the quantitative. There was a general sense of lack of awareness of work-life balance policies.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116365910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of colour on the perception of taste, quality and preference of fruit flavoured drinks","authors":"R. Ndom, A. Elegbeleye, A. O. Ademoroti","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69520","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of colour conditioning on taste, quality and liking perception of fruit flavoured drinks was investigated in this study using a Between-Subjects Experimental Design. This study utilized twenty four (24) psychology students of Covenant University as participants. The colour of the fruit drink served as the independent variable while dependent variables such as taste, quality and liking perception were measured. Six research hypotheses were stated and tested. The results indicated that there was no significant difference in the association of colour with taste based on gender (t =. 29, p>0.05). Colour was observed to have a significant effect on taste and quality perception (t=2.10, p three dependent variables were observed. There was a negative but not significant relationship between colour and taste perception as well as colour and liking perception, while a positive but not significant relationship was observed between colour and quality perception. A significant positive relationship between quality and liking perception was observed (r=.63, p drink. It is therefore recommended that food designers put into  consideration the colour of food products as it would have an effect on consumers. decision making and buying behaviour.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130516982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bibliotherapy: An Option for Enhancing Students' Motivation for Academic Achievement in Iganmode Grammar School and Grait International College, Ota - Ogun State","authors":"Julie E. Ilogho","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69588","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examines Bibliotherapy (Book Therapy) as an option for fostering students' motivation for academic achievement and success. Enhancing students' motivation for academic achievement is an important subject in educational psychology which requires serious attention. The research is a survey study and random sampling technique was adopted for selecting the population sample. The Respondents for this study are Senior Secondary School 3 students from Iganmode Grammar School (a Public School) and Grait International College (a Private School) both located in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The finding revealed that students who read diverse kinds of materials including textbooks; used library material; and acquired personal reading materials had their achievement motivation enhanced / increased than those who do not read books, use library resources or acquire personal books. Thus, the two Null Hypotheses tested were rejected. Recommendations include: (1) that the Government and all other institution responsible for managing Education of younger generations should come together and find a lasting solution to the education sector, conduct research, and prescribe practicable educational policies that will move the nation's education forward. (2) Government should increase the funding of education. (3) Librarians should collaborate with school authorities, counselors and teachers in order to render more effective library services. (4) Librarians should work with school teachers and counsellors to know the reading needs and challenges of students; this will assist in acquiring relevant reading materials in addition to academic books.(5) Book club programmes packaged with giving of awards to best readers and most frequent users of library resources should be encouraged in schools. (6) School Management should make provision for a robust school library that is stocked with all kinds relevant materials including motivational books. Finally (7) Bibliotherapy should be taught as a course or incorporated into an already existing course offered in Nigeria Library Schools.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125978741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychopathology of bullying and emotional abuse among school children","authors":"K. Ayenibiowo, G. Akinbode","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69517","url":null,"abstract":"The study was carried out to investigate the psychological effects of bullying on victims of bullying acts using self report method. Negative Act Scale was designed and validated to assess experience of bullying among students. Also, Symptom Distress Checklist (SCL-90) was used to assess manifestations of emotional distress among the respondents. The study was anchored on Social-Information-Processing Theory. Participants for the study were obtained from both private and public schools in Lagos, including boarders and non-boarders aged between 12 and 19 with mean age of 11. It was hypothesized that bullying behaviour will be more prevalent among boys than girls in both private and public schools. Also, hypothesized was that bully victims were more likely to report more psychopathologic tendencies. The result showed higher incidence of bullying among boys than girls. It also shows significant correlations between bullying and all the 10 symptoms of distress investigated. The implication of the study is that there is need for proper monitoring of relationships and activities that occur among secondary school students, to prevent lasting emotional damage that can result from bullying.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"9 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132573076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between parenting style, family type, personality dispositions and academic achievement of young people in Nigeria","authors":"E. Akinsola","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69539","url":null,"abstract":"An attempt was made in this study to determine the relationship between parenting styles, family types, personality dispositions and academic achievement of young people. 352 university students (144 males & 208 females) from single parent, monogamous and polygamous families responded to measures of parenting style and some personality variables and their scores on these variables and their academic performances were compared. It was hypothesized that: there would be significant and positive correlations between parenting styles and personality variables of self esteem, need for achievement, locus of control, sense of competence and academic achievement scores; that the personality variables would predict academic achievement of the participants; and that young people from families where authoritative parenting was practiced would report higher levels of the personality variables studied and obtain higher academic achievement The obtained results partially supported the hypotheses and identified type of family as the strongest predictor of academic achievement. The results also implicated authoritative parenting and single parent families in high academic achievement.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122826395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the entrepreneurial inclination of university students in Delta State","authors":"O. Chenube, Rosemary Saidu, F. Omumu, Mary Omomoyesan","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69587","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurship increases the capital output and income of a nation and it is accompanied by growth and increased output which allow more wealth to be distributed by the various participants. It is a tool necessary in the creation of more jobs and poverty reduction which is one eight Millennium Development Goals. The study investigated the entrepreneurial inclination of students in universities in Delta State. Random Sampling technique was adopted to select 200 students used from two universities in the State (one private and public). The Entrepreneurial Inclination Questionnaire (EIQ) was administered to the respondents to collect relevant data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. The findings showed that 98% of the respondents were either moderately or highly inclined towards  entrepreneurship. Also no significant differences were found in the  entrepreneurial inclination of students based on their demographic  characteristics. It was recommended that the directive by the government on the teaching of entrepreneurship in all tertiary institutions should be enforced, so that school graduates will be productive members of the society.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133918495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A further problem of the hard problem of consciousness","authors":"Fasiku Gbenga, R. Oyelakin","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69573","url":null,"abstract":"There is a prevalent assumption that the fact that a mental experience has a phenomenal property is an ontological fact and that the problem of explaining the phenomenal property of a mental experience is an epistemological problem. Contrary to this assumption, the paper argues that the claim that mental experience gives rise to phenomenal property is an assertion about the world, which is yet to be adequately justified. Justifying this assertion is identified as the further problem of the hard problem of consciousness. This shows that assertions about phenomenal properties of mental experiences are wholly epistemological. Hence, the problem of explaining phenomenal properties of a mental state is not a metaphysical problem, and what is considered a hard problem of consciousness is due to human reasoning process rather than an ontological process.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131759472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating whether children's transition from pre-operational stage to concrete operational stage can be accelerated using an intervention strategy","authors":"F. Mensah","doi":"10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/IFEP.V19I2.69594","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the effect of using intervention to accelerate children.s transition from pre-operational stage to concentrate operational stage of the cognition development. The sample consisted of intact class of 27 children with average age of 5 years. It was made up of 13 males and 14 females. A pretest-posttest quasiexperimental design with random assignment of children to experimental and control groups were employed to examine possible treatment effects due exposure to the intervention strategy. There was no difference between the male and female children at the pre-operational stage in their characteristic way of thinking before the intervention strategy. Achievements were, however, found to be higher for the experimental group on questions which demanded concrete operational level of thinking. This implies that children.s cognitive development can be accelerated when they are exposed to more intellectually stimulating environment. It is recommended that early childhood teachers must expose children to various intellectually stimulating environments to help them accelerate their mental development.","PeriodicalId":118769,"journal":{"name":"IFE Psychologia: An International Journal","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127111388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}