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    Single Parenting and Peer Influence as Determinants of Adolescents Personality in Oyo Central Senatorial District’s Public Secondary Schools
    (Lead City University, Ibadan, 2024-12) Aduragbemi Elijah ADERINTO
    Changes in an adolescent's personality can emerge from many factors inherent within or outside the adolescents. Some adolescents exhibit distorted personality which reflect in their behaviour, attitudes and character. This study investigated single parenting and peer influence as determinants of adolescents personality in Oyo Central Senatorial district public secondary schools. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The sample comprised 400 adolescents aged 11-20 years from selected public secondary schools within Oyo Central Senatorial district, Nigeria, selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire on Big Five Inventory (BFI), peer influence (PI) and single parenting impact and causes (SPIC). Simple frequency count and descriptive statistics were used for the research questions and PPMC and Multiple Regression Analyses were used to determine the relationships and predictive power of single parenting and peer influence on adolescent personality. The findings indicated that there were several causes of single parenting among couples with average mean x̅of 2.94. Likewise, the results revealed that there were several ways that peers impact one another with average mean x̅of 2.96. The two independent variables jointly accounted for 71.3% variance in the prediction of personality among the participants with highest being peers impact. The independent variables made positive relative contribution to personality in the following order: single parenting contributed most to the prediction of personality among secondary school adolescents in Oyo Central (β = .239, t = 4.338; p <.05), followed by peer influence (β = .136, t = 2.319; p <.05). The study recommended that parents and caregivers should serve as positive role model in shaping adolescents personality. Community programmes and counselling services should also be used to mitigate potential negative effects on adolescent personality. Schools should implement peer influence management programmes to foster positive peer interactions and offer constructive guidance for adolescents to navigate peer pressures in shaping healthy personality. Keywords: Adolescents, Personality, Single Parenting, Peer Influence, Secondary School Students. Word Count: 300