Home-related Factors and Social Media Usage as Determinants of Social Vices among Public Upper Basic School Students in Oyo State, Nigeria
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2025-12
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Lead City University, Ibadan
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Social vices are bad behaviours exhibited by some students that are contrary to public upper basic school norms, rules, regulations and codes of conduct and may interfere with teaching and learning process. Some of these students exhibit all manners of delinquent behaviour ranging from stealing, bullying, examination malpractice, illicit sex, drug abuse, smoking, drug peddling and cultism. Therefore, this study investigated home-related factors and social media usage as determinants of social vices among public upper basic school students in Oyo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was employed. For this study, 364 teachers and 2,179 students were sampled using multi-stage procedure. The “Social Vices Questionnaire (SVQ)(α = .810)” and “Home-related factors and Social Media Usage on Social Vices Questionnaire (HFSMUSVQ)(α = .872)”were used to collect data. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that most common social vices among students were:
stealing (72.3%), examination malpractices (71.4%), refusal to do homework and assignments (69.9%), fighting teachers and other students (63.6%), dishonesty to school authorities and parents (61.6%), bullying (60.4%), absenteeism (59.6%), disobedience to school authority (55.5%), vandalising school properties (56.6%), drinking of alcohol (39.0%), immoral sex (35.8%), smoking (30.9%), cultism (21.1%) and drug abuse (14.7%). The results showed the level of social vices that truancy was high (x̅= 3.276), examination malpractice was moderate (x̅= 2.612), and drug abuse was low (x̅= 2.195).The results showed a significant joint contribution of home-related factors and social media usage on social vices (F6, 339 = 3.450; R = .240; R2 = .058; Adjusted R2 = .041, error of estimate = 3.05912, p<0.05). Family structure (β = -.123; t = -2.335, p<0.05), parents’ income (β = -.109; t = -2.069, p<0.05), parental involvement (β = -.126; t = 2.366, p<0.05), and social networking sites usage (β = -.130; t = 2.453, p<0.05) are relatively significant on social vices whereas blogs usage (β = .041; t = -.775, p>0.05) and content communities usage (β = .026; t = .483, p>0.05) are not significant. There was no significant gender (male and female) difference (t(2), 344 = -.378, Sig. = .705, p>0.05) and no significant school location (rural and urban) difference (t(2), 344 = -.145, Sig. = .885, p>0.05) in social vices among the students. It was concluded that home-related factors and social networking usage negatively influenced social vices among students. It was recommended among others that parents and educational stakeholders should give attention and provide support so as to reduce various vices among students.
Keywords: Home related factors, Social media usage, Social vices, Truancy, Examination Malpractice
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Home related factors, Social media usage, Social vices, Truancy, Examination Malpractice
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Kate Turabian