AIDS-related knowledge, attitude and behaviour among selected adolescents in Nigeria
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Most adolescents in Ilorin, Nigeria, gather information regarding AIDS from the mass media and peers, and parents are rarely consulted. Nearly half of the adolescents identify HIV as the causative factor and those who are taught about AIDS in school give more accurate answers. Sexually active adolescents have more knowledge about the sexual transmission of HIV and its prevention. However, they are less aware of the personal risks and consider AIDS to be curable. Condoms are the most commonly used contraception and their use is greater among adolescents with multiple partners.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1996
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Relationship between parental socio-economic status, sex and initial pubertal problems among school-going adolescents in Nigeria
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Pre-pubertal Nigerian youth were surveyed and given the problem inventory for Pubertal Adolescents. It was hypothesized that there would be differences in the initial problems encountered by pubertal adolescents based on socio-economic status (S.E.S.) and sex. The Pubertal Problem Inventory had four subscales and the socio-economic status was divided into three levels. The interaction effects of sex and S.E.S. were significant. Low S.E.S. adolescents experienced more health problems and boys experienced more problems than girls.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1992
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Pubertal timing and self-reported delinquency among male adolescents
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Research into a possible connection between relative pubertal timing and delinquency among male adolescents has established that there is a fairly consistent link between pubertal timing and self-reported delinquency. There was a substantially higher reporting of delinquency among those who were early or late maturers compared with their peers than among those who matured at the same time as their peers. It seems that certain delinquent behaviours may serve different functions for early and late maturers.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1999
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