Open AccessPeer Variables and Academic Identification of Senior Secondary School Students in Uyo Education Zone of Akwa Ibom State
Author(s) -
Hannah Bassey Isong,
Victor Ugochukwu,
Cornelius C. Okoro,
Nsika-Abasi Udofia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in social sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-0286
DOI - 10.14738/assrj.89.10768
Subject(s) - psychology , belongingness , feeling , loyalty , identification (biology) , academic achievement , ethnically diverse , peer group , scale (ratio) , medical education , mathematics education , social psychology , ethnic group , medicine , botany , sociology , political science , anthropology , law , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this correlational study was to investigate the relationship between peer variables (peer acceptance, peer support and peer loyalty) on young adolescents’ academic identification. The sub variables; PA, PS and PL were examined using a researcher made instrument titled School Peer Variable Questionnaire ( α=0.86). Academic Identification was measured using the standardized Osborne (1997) Identification with Academic Scale which has (r 0.92). Sample selected was (N = 544). Responses were scored and hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance using the PPMC. Findings revealed the importance of peer relationship on both academic and emotional adjustment of adolescent learners. Peer acceptance, support and loyalty were found to improve learners' chances of achieving positive academic outcomes. The implication for educators and other stakeholders in adolescent care giving and teaching is for them to understand the importance of maintaining healthy peer relationships for young learners as teacher and peer acceptance, peer support and peer loyalty help them meet psychogenic needs and promote their academic motivation, self-concept, participation, classroom engagement, and feelings of belongingness in the school .Thus, findings have immense significance for educational research and practice, and also bodes well for teachers and counselors in Nigerian secondary schools. urban, ethnically