Impact of home types, religion and gender on adolescent social adjustment among Ogun State Secondary Schools students in Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the combined and relative effect of Home types, Religion and Gender on adolescent social adjustment. It made used of random sampling technique in selecting 200 adolescents from Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State Nigerian. The age range of the adolescent was between 12 and 18 years with a mean age of 15.5 and a standard deviation of 3.21. The ex-post – facto research design was employed. A 30- item self-developed questionnaire measuring adolescent social adjustment was used in generating data for the study. Data analysis involved the use of Multiple regression (enter procedure) and a t-test of independent means. The result indicated that the predictor variable accounted for 19.6% of the determinant of adolescent social adjustment and were significant. There was no significant different in male and female adolescent social adjustment (t-cal=1.68