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The Influence Of Social Demand, Peer Pressure And Economic Instability On Adolescents’ Behavioural Pattern
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1.2Statement of the Problem
Adolescent
life is no doubt, a life full of storm and stress. Many adolescents
have grown wings and flown above parental control, due to peer pressure
and bad ganging up. In many circumstances now, the youths in the society
have turned recalcitrants, they hardly obey the rules and regulations
stipulated by their parents, teachers and the significant others in the
community or the school. The economic downturn in Nigeria today, has
caused parents and many adults to become handicapped, and could not
usurp authorities on the young ones. In this circumstance, the youths
have turned away from their parents, and have focused attention to their
peers who have swayed them into becoming armed robbers, prostitutes,
violent demonstrators, examination cheats, thieves, hired assassins,
thuggs, rioters, rapers drug abusers and addicts etc.
Due to the fact
that youths of these days have not met the social demands of good
values and norms of parents, teachers and others in the larger society,
it has not augured well in the social community where orderliness and
decorum are expected of all decent members of the society. For this
lapses in lives of the young ones, the society, and indeed, parents,
teachers and other adult members of the larger community have been at
great pain and distress due to the seeming lack of good behaviour in
majority of our youngsters. For instance, the laid down norms and
expected values of the society, especially of parents and teachers are
neglected by the youths, this has caused our social system, a great
collapse, and no wonder there is so much decay in the system nowadays.
The
above problems necessitated the examination of the influence of social
demands; peer pressure and economic instability on adolescents’
behavioural patterns.
1.3Purpose of the Study
The specific objectives of this study are:
1. To find out whether social demand influences adolescents’ patterns of life.
2. To assess whether peer pressure influences adolescents’ academic performance.
3. To examine the effect of economic instability on adolescents behavioural patterns.
4. To find out whether gender difference exists in the social adjustment of youths.
5. To investigate whether peer pressure affects students’ social adjustment in school.
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