PERCIEVED DETERMINANTS OF RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ABEOKUTA

Abstract

There is rapidly decreasing age at first sexual debut and rising population of sexually
active young adults leading to high risky sexual behaviors. Young adults are
experiencing an accelerated physiological maturation probably as a result of
advancement in science and technology which call for public health concern. This study
investigated the perceived determinants of risky sexual behaviour among College of
Education students in Abeokuta. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design
and simple random sampling technique was used in selecting a total of 116 young adults
as respondents for the study. One validated instrument tagged “Risky Sexual Behaviour
Questionnaire” (RSBQ) was used as instrument to garner information for the study.
Data collected were analyzed, using descriptive statistics and Multiple Regression at
p<0.05. The findings from the study revealed that social media and psychotropic
substances are the major perceived determinant of young adults’ risky sexual behaviour.
Also, the findings showed that the combination of the independent variables (self-esteem,
social media and psychotropic substances) is effective in predicting young adults’ sexual
risky behaviour (F (3, 112) =3.260, p = 0.001). It was recommended among others that
parents should pay more attention to educating their wards on the proper use of the
social media and also desist from indiscriminate use of psychotropic substances.