Sexuality Knowledge and Behavior Implications on the Academic Performance of Female Secondary School Students in Port Harcourt Metropolis in Rivers State, Nigeria
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Sexuality education is a life time process of learning, adjustment and formation of sexual attitudes, ideas and values regarding sexuality knowledge, family life and everything that takes place throughout one’s life. The sexual behaviour of previous generations compared to present in the computer age or era in Nigeria have undergone radical review due to modernization, urbanization, social change, information technology and family types among the Nigeria youths have justified the need for its inclusion in the school system as a course to be taught to students on its own or through inclusive or integrated education that is holistic in nature. The effects of not adding sexuality knowledge in the socialisation processes of youth’s social and psychological development at home, church, family, school and at the community levels willgenerate negative impact on the youths irrespective of gender differences. This made this study tobe very relevant at this moment for the examination of sexuality knowledge and behaviour among secondary school female students in the study area. Three research questions and hypotheses were used for the study with a sample size of 500 respondents. The statistical tools used for the analysis of the research questions was mean and with a criterion mean set of 2.50. Regression analysis and t-test at 0.05 level of significance were used for the hypotheses.The findings among others were that the knowledge of sexual education reduces the incidents of early sexual exposure, infections, aid reduction of sexual partners, early pregnancy that might result to abortion and lack of it led to truancy in the school and creates absent mindedness in the class. The study recommended among others that sexual education should be in-cooperated in the early socialization process of the female students and encourages the establishment of guidance and counselling units in schools.
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Sexuality Knowledge, Behaviour Implication, Academic Performance, Female, Port Hacrourt