Music Preference, Parental Monitoring and Gender as Factors in Adolescents’ Sexual Permissiveness

Abstract This study was a survey aimed at ascertaining whether music preference, parental monitoring and gender are factors in adolescent sexual permissiveness. A sample of 405 adolescents were drawn from three secondary schools within Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area, Enugu State. Three instruments were used in the data collection. They include: Sexual Permissiveness Scale (SPS), Music Preference Scale (MPS) and Parental Monitoring Measure (PMM). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data collected. Three research hypotheses were postulated and tested. The findings showed that music preference was a significant factor in adolescent’s sexual permissiveness F (1, 388) = 13.81, P < .001. The implications of the findings were discussed focusing on the dangers of exposure of adolescents to sexually provocative music. Recommendations were made for provision of relevant education, as well as sexual health services to parents, adolescents, and other relevant bodies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Certification ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgment iv

Table of contents v

List of tables vi

Abstract vii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Introduction 1

Statement of the problem 13

Purpose of the study 14

Operational definition of terms 14

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

THEORETICAL REVIEW 16

Social Learning Theory 16

Cultivation Theory 18

Cognitive Dissonance Theory 20

EMPIRICAL REVIEW

Music preference and adolescent’s sexual permissiveness 21

Parental monitoring and adolescent’s sexual permissiveness 24

Gender and adolescent’s sexual permissiveness 26

Summary of the literature review 28

Hypothesis 29

CHAPTER THREE: METHOD

Participants 31

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Instrument 31

Procedure 34

Design/Statistics 34

CHAPTER FOUR

Result 35

CHAPTER FIVE

Discussion 40

Implication of the findings 44

Summary and conclusion 45

Limitation of the study 45

Recommendations 46

REFERENCES 48

APPENDIXES