Ololade D.O^*, Moronkola O.A^** and Iyanda A.B^**

^*Dept. of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo^**Dept. of Health Education, University of Ibadan.

Abstract

School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV), a social problem and a public health concern is on the increase in Oyo State, Nigeria leading to bullying and school absenteeism among students. This study, therefore, was carried out to investigate Family Characteristics- FC (Parental Criminality and Parenting Skills), as predictors of SRGBV among adolescents in Oyo State. A mixed method (QUAN+Qual) was utilized. Multistage sampling procedure was used. The simple random sampling technique was used to select five (Ibadan Zone IV, Ibadan Zone I, Ogbomoso Zone, Kishi Zone and Iseyin Zone) out of the 10 existing educational zones in Oyo State. School-Related Gender-Based Violence Scale was equally used to elicit information on prevalence of violence among in-school adolescents in Oyo State. Two schools were randomly selected in each educational zone. Three hundred students who were not in terminal classes were purposively selected in each school, (75 per level), totally 3,000 and 2989 who filled the instrument appropriately was used for analysis. The instruments used were Parental Criminality (r =0.74), Parenting Skills (r = 0.71). Quantitative data were analysed with descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation, t-test and Multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance, while qualitative data were content-analyzed. The respondents’ age was 15.36 ± 1.30 years and 55.7% were female. Parental Criminality (r= 0.57), and Parenting Skills (r= 0.54) had significant positive relationship with SRGBV. Parental Criminality ( = 0.43), and Parenting Skills ( = 0.15) had significant relative contribution to SRGBV. The joint contribution of family characteristics (parental criminality and parenting skills) on school-related gender-based violence among in-school adolescents in Oyo State was significant (F (2,2986) = 474.912, p< .05). Family characteristics influenced school-related gender-based violence among adolescents in Oyo State. Government, parents and other policy makers in the education sector should take cognizance of these factors.