INFLUENCE OF FAMILY LIFE AND SEX EDUCATION ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Educational is design in a way that it will the achievement and mastery of educational objectives. In school, the extent to which these objectives have been achieved, is determined by their level of factors, ranging from time management to pear group influence and other social activities as students’ success are reflected in their academic performance. Peers play a large role in the social and emotional development of adolescents Allen (2005). Their influence begins at an early age and increases through the teenage years, it is natural, healthy and important for adolescent to have and rely on friends as they grow and mature.
A peer could be any one you look up to in behavior or someone who you would think is equal to your age or ability (Hardcastle, 2002). On the other hand, the term “pressure” implies the process that influence people to do something that they might not otherwise choose to do. The family is the most important primary group and the smallest social unit in society. It has its roots in the human biological and physical nature. As such it is universal in the sense that no human society could possibly exist or has existed without some form of family organization. MacIver and Page (1981) define family as a group defined by a sex relationship sufficiently precise and enduring to provide for procreation and upbringing of children. Akubue and Okolo (2008) define family as a group of people who interact and communicate with others such as husband, wife and children. Doob (1997) defines family as a social unit comprised of two or more people who live together and are related by blood, marriage or adoption. Consequently, Doob’s definition suggests that personal ties do not constitute a family, because such ties can exist among couples that are not married. What gives a family character is children. Nevertheless, only in such a family can that intimate personal relationship be established, hence, by which the family can perform its function of rearing, protecting, educating, and transmitting to the children, the social norms and values it has inherited and creating a special bond between all the members. In the context of this study family is a group of people who are united for the purpose of living together as husband and wife with children and other members such as siblings, uncles, and grandparents. Sex so small a word, yet is an explosive subject which people desperately want answers to related problems. Knowledge and attitude about sex is so vital that people seek it from whatever sources that are available, good or bad. When accurate information is not available, people will ignorantly accept misinformation for truth. This is especially noticeable among youth. The failure of adult to sex related issues openly with young people having several unfortunate consequences. However, reproductive health of both women and men has recently received special attention in many African Countries. Many governments have been concerned with various reproductive health matters of its people especially after the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. A special focus has been directed towards parental attitudes towards reproductive health of adolescents due global consequences this group of people face in the bid to grow to maturity. Adolescent stage is a wonderful period in one’s life and time filled with new and exciting things and inventions. Family style of educating their children may to a great extent influence the sexuality of their children. According to Gebhard (1953) human sexual behaviour 1 15 refers to any solitary activity between two persons or in a group that induces sexual arousal. For Gebhard there are two determinants of human sexual behaviour namely: the inherited sexual response patterns that have evolved as a means of ensuring reproduction and that part of each individual genetic inheritance. Wikipedia (2011) defines sexual behaviour as that manner in which humans experience and expresses their sexuality.