Psycho-social correlates of students’ involvement in secret cults and counselling role in tertiary institutions in southern senatorial district of Cross River State – Nigeria

Abstract

The study focuses on the premise of incessant havoc being perpetrated by adherents of secret cults in the country’s institution of higher learning. These cult groups terrorize fellow students, intimidate members of campus communities in various ways and are often involved in crimes like rape, burglary, thuggery, stealing, attacking with daggers, axes, acid and other forms of sophisticated weapons as well as constituting general threat to peace in institutions of higher learning. (Fawole, 1994). Has two purposes, to examine the extent at which parental socio-economic status influence students’ involvement in secret cults, and to investigate if peer group do influence students involvement in secret cults. The data used in testing the hypothesis were gotten from the post-test scores of all the subjects Hypotheses were tested at .0.5 level of significance. Based on the results of the hypotheses recommendations were made.

Keywords: Students, secret cult, peer group and parental effect