Factors influencing adolescent self-identity development of Senior High School Students in Effutu Municipality in Central Region. Ghana
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https://doi.org/10.47941/jep.628Keywords:
Adolescents, Self-identity, Parents, PeersAbstract
Purpose: The study sought to explore the parental and peer factors that influence adolescent self-identity development of senior high school students in the Effutu Municipality.
Methodology: The descriptive survey design using the quantitative method was adopted for the study. A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 310 students for the study. Frequencies, percentages were used to answer the research questions while Independent-Samples t-test was used to test the hypotheses.
Findings: The findings revealed that frequent parent-adolescent communication enhances adolescent self-identity development. It was also found that peer feedback was a source of adolescent self-identity development. The study also revealed that there was statistically significant gender difference with regard to peer factors contributing to adolescent self-identity development.
Unique contribution to theory and practice: It was recommended that during Parents Teachers Association meetings, parents should be educated by the schools on the need to create conducive environments at home to help their children build strong self-identities since parents make impact on their self-identity development.
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