Role of Personality, Religiosity and Psychoactive Drug Use on Risky Sexual Behaviour among Youth in Owerri.

Abstract

The study investigated Role of Personality, Religiosity and Psycho-active Drug Use on Risky Sexual Behavior among youths in Owerri. A total of three hundred participants were selected through convenience sampling technique. The participants are undergraduates in Imo State University and youths in Students’ market Imo State University (IMSU) front gate. The study tested six hypotheses and utilized four instruments which results were gotten through participant’s opinions that were used in this study. The instruments are; the Sexual Risk Behavior Scale (SRBS) developed by Lawal (2013), Mac-Andrew Alcoholism Scale (MAS) developed by Craig Mac Andrew, Religious Affiliation Scale (RAS) developed by P.F. Omoluabi and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) (adult form) developed by Eysenck (1975). A cross sectional survey design was adopted; Hierarchical Multiple Regression statistics was used in analyzing the data. Results showed that psychoticism and extraversion significantly predicted risky sexual behavior. Result also showed that religiosity and Psycho-active drug use significantly predicted risky sexual behavior. The results were discussed in line with current theories. Thus, recommendations were made.