Factors Responsible for Sexual Abuse as Expressed by Students of Federal College of Education, Osiele Abeokuta, Nigeria

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                                       i

Approval                                                                        ii

Dedication                                                                     iii

Acknowledgement                                                          iv

Abstract                                                                         vi

Table of Contents                                                           vii

List of Tables                                                                 x

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study                                               1

Statement of the Problem                                               9

Research Questions                                                        12

Research Hypotheses                                                     14

Purpose of the Study                                                      15

Significance of the Study                                                15

Scope of the Study                                                         17

Operational Definition of Terms                                      18

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Preamble                                                                        20

Concept of Adolescent                                                    22

History and Concept of Sexual Abuse                             28

Factors Responsible for Perpetration of Sexual Abuse     35

Effect of Sexual Abuse                                                    42

Management of Sexual Abuse                                         52

Summary of the Review of Literature                              67

CHAPTER THREE    

METHODOLOGY      

Preamble                                                                        69

Research Design                                                             69

Sample and Sampling Procedure/Technique                   70

Instrumentation                                                             71

Psychometric Property of the Instrument                        73

Reliability of the Instrument                                           74

Procedure for Data Administration and Collection           75

Method of Data Analysis                                                77

CHAPTER FOUR

RESULTS

Preamble                                                                       78

Demographic Data                                                         78

Hypotheses Testing                                                        85

Summary of Findings                                                     89

CHAPTER FIVE

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Preamble                                                                       91

Discussion                                                                     92

Conclusion                                                                     97

Recommendation                                                           99

Suggestions for Further Research                                   102

References                                                                     104  

Appendix                                                                        108

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1:     Distribution of Respondents by Gender         78

Table 2:     Distribution of Respondents by Religion        79

Table 3:     Distribution of Respondents by Study Level   80

Table 4:     Distribution of Respondents by Study Level   80

Table 5:     Item ranking of responses on factors

responsible for sexual abuse                         82

Table 6:     Respondents Perception According to the

Factor                                                           84

Table 7:     Mean Standard Deviations and t-values of

Respondents expression of the Factors

Responsible for Sexual Abuse on the basis

of Gender                                                     85

Table 8:     Mean, Standard Deviation and t-values of

Respondents expression of the factors

Responsible for Sexual Abuse on the Basis of

Religion                                                         86

Table 9:     Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Comparing

Responses on the basis of Class Level           87

Table 10:   Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Comparing

Responses on the basis of age                       88

ABSTRACT

          Sexual abuse, which may take different forms, has become a major factor causing multiple problems ranging from social, physical, emotional to health related conditions. Many victims have died in the process while others had developed impaired social relationship. Upon this backdrop, this study investigated the factors responsible for sexual abuse as expressed by students of Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The simple random sampling technique was employed in selecting the 300 respondents that participated in the study. The instrument used to gather information for the study was a questionnaire tagged “Factors Responsible for Sexual Abuse Questionnaire (FRSAQ)”. It consisted of two sections. (A and B) Section A contains items on personal information of respondents while Section B has 20 items on factors responsible for sexual Abuse. Four null hypotheses were formulated for the study while the data collected were analysed using frequency counts percentages, test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics, all hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results obtained revealed that sexual abuse occurs because of indiscriminate view of pornographic video and print materials. Indecent dressing is the highest categorized factor that causes sexual abuse. Out of the four hypotheses only one was rejected; thus, gender, religion and age did not influence the expression of the respondents. However, students from different levels are significantly different in their expression. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that emphasis should be placed on sex education. Also, various agencies professional bodies, civil society organizations, religions groups and government should actively participate in the campaign against sexual abuse. Counsellors, especially, should also be fully engaged in the strategies to eradicate sexual abuse.