Effects of Demographic Factors on the Psychosocial Challenges of Adolescents in Lagos State. Implications for Counselling

Ayodeji Badejo,Lamidi Salimot Bola

doi:10.4236/psych.2021.121004

Abstract

This study examined the impact of demographic factors on the psychosocial challenges of adolescents in Lagos state and putting into consideration their implications for counselling. Three research hypotheses were made to guide the study. The sample consisted of one hundred (100) senior secondary school students selected from Badagry local government area of Lagos state. A 40 item self-developed questionnaire was designed for data collection. The study adopted a descriptive design to seek information from the respondents. Analysis of data was achieved using the descriptive statistics and Analysis of Variance at the level of significance of 0.05. The result of the findings showed that there is a significant effect of demographic factors on the psychosocial challenges of adolescents. Based on the findings, conclusions were made and some implications for counselling were also made.

Highlights

Over the years, as adolescents undergo the period of transition, they are being faced with several challenges which seems to have negative impact on their psychosocial development
This study examined the impact of demographic factors on the psychosocial challenges of adolescents in Lagos state and putting into consideration their implications for counselling
The result of the findings showed that there is a significant effect of demographic factors on the psychosocial challenges of adolescents

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Introduction

As adolescents undergo the period of transition, they are being faced with several challenges which seems to have negative impact on their psychosocial development. According to World Health Organization (2017), Adolescence is the period of age ranging from 10 years to 19 years, is one of the serious transition in the lifecycle that occurs after childhood and before adulthood and is considered by a tremendous pace in growth and change that is second only to that of infancy. It is a phase where several changes occur in individual and these changes may include, the biological changes, cognitive changes, emotional changes as well as social changes. Psychosocial challenges have been defined by various researchers and it can be deduced that psychosocial challenges are problems or issues that adolescents are confronted with which affect their overall wellbeing

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