@article{ref1,
title="Relationship among adolescents' characteristics, peer group influence and anti-social behaviour",
journal="Journal of educational and social research",
year="2018",
author="Onoyase, A. and Ebenuwa-Okoh, E. E.",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="9-17",
abstract="This study examined the relationship among Adolescents' developmental characteristics, peer group influence and their anti-social behaviours. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The study is a survey -research. The sample size for this study is 594 students. The respondents were randomly selected from secondary schools in the 3 Senatorial Districts of Delta State. Questionnaire titled 'Relationship among Adolescents' Characteristics, Peer Group Influence and their Anti-social Behaviours&quot; was used for this study. It has face and content validity. The reliability indices for the subgroups are as follows: physical characteristics, 0.68, intellectual characteristics, 0.68, social/emotional characteristics, 0.70, peer group influence, 0.71 and adolescents' anti-social behaviours, 0.69. Regression and descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that physical, intellectual, social/emotional characteristics and peer group influence adolescents' anti-social behaviours. It was recommended that adolescents should be made to indulge in productive leisure time activities where they can dissipate their energies.   Keywords:     Relationship; Adolescents; Characteristics; Peer Group; Influence; Anti-Social; Behaviour<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2239-978X",
doi="10.2478/jesr-2018-0026",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jesr-2018-0026"
}