Open AccessThe Impact of Peer Group Pressure on Academic Performance of Adolescent Students: An Intervention Program to Resist Peer Pressure
Author(s) -
Ayoade Stephen Fadare,
Hajia Asmau Zarma,
Maria Cecilia Fadare,
T. Bademosi,
O. I Amanum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of science and management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5946
DOI - 10.51386/25815946/ijsms-v4i6p114
Subject(s) - peer pressure , peer group , psychology , intervention (counseling) , class (philosophy) , government (linguistics) , medical education , sample size determination , academic achievement , sample (material) , mathematics education , social psychology , medicine , computer science , mathematics , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , artificial intelligence , psychiatry
This study aims to explore the effect of peer group pressure on the academic performance of adolescent students at Government Senior Secondary School, Lamingo, Jos North L.G.A. A sample size of one hundred was determined using Yaroyamene’s formula; probability sampling techniques were adopted; questionnaires were used as an instrument for collecting data. The data collected were analysed using a simple table and percentage. This study revealed that 80% of peer group like all their friends, 75% don’t lack self-confidence among their peers, 60% have been sent out of the class before, 65% agreed that influence on behaviour lower academic performance. The hypothesis was tested using chi-square, which showed no association between peer group pressure and the academic performance of adolescent students. Therefore, this research recommends that teachers with support from parents provide adequate guidance and intervention program to adolescents to help them understand how the friends they keep can positively or negatively influence their academic performance in school.