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Influence Of Peer Group Pressure On Adolescents Smoking Habits
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1.7 Research hypotheses:
To ensure a more detailed and result oriented research, hypotheses are formulated and tested on the research objectives.
The
decision criteria is to accept the null hypothesis (Ho) and reject the
alternative hypothesis (H1) or otherwise based on the result of the test
carried out.
The hypotheses are stated below:
1. There is no significant influence of peer group pressure on adolescents’ smoking habits.
2. There is no significant societal influence on adolescents’ smoking habits.
3. There is no significant influence of government on adolescents smoking habits.
4. There is no significant school influence on adolescents’ smoking habits.
1.8 Definiton of major terms:
Peer group:
A
peer group is a social group of humans. Peer groups are an informal
primary group of people who share a similar or equal status and who are
usually of roughly the same age and interact within the social
aggregate.
Peer pressure:
Peer pressure refers to the influence
exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her
attitudes, values, or behavior in order to conform to group norms.
It
can equally be described as instances where an individual feels
indirectly pressured into changing their behavior to match that of their
peers. Taking up smoking is one of the best known examples.
Adolescent:
Adolescent will be seen as a young person developing from a child into an adult i.e. persons between the ages of 13 and 18.
Smoking:
Smoking is defined as the practice where cigarettes or tobacco is burned and the vapors either tasted or inhaled.
Habit:
Habit is defined as a thing that one does often and almost without thinking, especially something that is hard to stop doing.
1.9 Limitations:
The
population of this study will be all secondary schools in Lagos State
and samples were limited to members of Senior Secondary School (SS2).
The result obtained from this study would not be generalised to all
schools in Nigeria.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examines the influence of peer group pressure on adolescent smoking habits in some selected secondary schools in Ifako Ijaiye, Local Government area of Lagos State. Influence of peer group pressure on adolescent smoking habits has more than ever before being posing serious threat to adolescent health. As such, government, parents and the society have seen the need to find a lasting solution to curbing the menace of smoking among adolescents. The study has the followin ... Continue reading---
