THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY VARIABLE ON
PREDISPOSITION TO DEVIANT BEHAVIOURS AMONG ADOLESCENTS
(A CASE STUDY OF EPE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS
STATE)
BY
OLOWOOJE TOLUTOPE
MATRIC NO:
EKSU/EPE/12/0623
A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY,
ADO-EKITI IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE
OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ED) GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
DECEMBER 2017
CERTIFICATION
This
is to certify that this project was carried out under my supervision by Olowooje
Tolulope with matriculation number EKSU/EPE/12/0623 and has been approved as
meeting the requirement of the faculty of education, Department of Guidance and
Counseling, Ekiti state university, Ado Ekiti Nigeria.
________________ _______________
Mr. Agoi F.A Date
Supervisor
_______________ _______________
Mrs Aranmolate T.R Date
Head of department
________________ _______________
Dr. O.A. Viatonu Date
Directorate of
Degree Programme
________________ _______________
External
Examiner Date
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DEDICATION
This
project is dedicated to my father in heaven God Almighty , the author and
finisher of our faith whom by his grace foreknew predestined and made this work
a success and for seeing me through my academic years, and to my parents, Mr
and Mrs OLOWOOJE and my siblings without whose caring support and prayers it
would not have been possible.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My
profound gratitude goes to God Almighty the creator of all mankind for his
mercies towards me from the beginning of the academic programme to the end, and
for a successful project well done.
My
immense regards goes to my honorable supervisor, a great father, and a
wonderful lecturer and a friend indeed, Mr Agol, I pray that the lord will
richly reward you in double folds according to his riches in glory.
My
sincere gratitude goes to my loving and ever caring parents, Mr and Mrs Olowooje
who were there for me due to their love and desire for education and above all,
their prayers which brought me this far. I couldn’t have ask God for more,
because they all I ever need. I pray that God should prolong their lives so as
to eat the fruit of their labour.
My
special and profound gratitude goes to my loving siblings, Olowooje Bukola,
Olowooje Afolashade and Olowooje Oluwadamilare, not leaving behind Mr and Mrs
Oyibojaboh for their support financially and their words of advice. I say big
thanks, I bless the name of the lord and I pray that God will prolong your
lives and provide for all your needs.
Last
but not the least, many thanks to my amiable friends, Akinyemi Omobolanle
Folashade, Adesegun Oluwatobi, Olaniyi John, Adekunle Oluwasegun for their love
and support. God bless you all.
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The main aim of this
story is to find out the effects of deviant supervisors on students academic
performance of secondary school students in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos
State. For this study, four secondary schools were involved, the instrument
used was questionnaire. A total of sixty teachers participated in the study.
Frequency counts average and simple percentages were employed for both
descriptive and influential analysis. Based on the finding, the study
recommendation were moral and religion teaching should be encourage in all
schools . The principals should be given the required power and authority to
manage their schools under guiding headlines and laws. The school system should
be staffed with adequate and qualified teachers and the effort should be made
to retain these teachers by improving career prospects in teaching professions.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title
page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table
of content
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
of the Study 1
1.2 Statement
of Problem 7
1.3 Purpose
of the Study 8
1.4 Research
Questions 8
1.5 Research
Hypotheses 9
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1.6 Scope
And Limitation Of The Study 9
1.7 Significance
Of The Study 10
1.8 Definition
Of Terms 10
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE
REVIEW
2.0
Introduction 13
2.1
Theories on Personality Development 14
2.2
Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental
Theory 15
2.3
Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural Theory of
Development 17
2.4
Bandura’s Social Learning Theory 18
2.5
Eysenck’s Theory of Personality
Development 19
2.6
Criminological Theories Involving
Personality 20
2.7
Social Learning Theory of Criminology 26
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2.8
Differential Association 27
2.9
Definitions 28
2.10 Imitation 31
2.11
Social Learning Theory in Action 32
2.12
Social Learning and Substance Use 36
2.13
Social Learning and Substance Use 40
2.14 Extroversion
and Introversion 45
2.15 Self –
Esteem 48
2.16 Summary
of Literature Review 52
CHAPTER THREE:
METHODOLOGY
3.1
Research Design 54
3.2
Population of the Study 54
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3.3
Sampling Size and Sampling Technique 55
3.4
Research Instrumentation 55
3.5
Validity of Research Instrument 55
3.7
Reliability of the Instrument 55
3.8
Administration of Instrument 56
3.9
Method of Data Analysis 56
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA
ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION
4.1
Presentation and Analysis of Data 57
4.2
Discussion Of Result Section Two Part B 88
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND
RECOMMENDATION
5.1
Summary 95
5.2
Conclusions 96
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5.3
Recommendations 96
5.4
Suggestion for Further Studies 97
REFERENCE 99
APPENDIX
I 107
APPENDIX
II 113
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