A Descriptive Survey Research on the Peer Pressure of Secondary School Student to Indiscipline

Abstract

This study investigated peer pressure, home, and school factors predisposing secondary school students to indiscipline in the Bwari area of Abuja. A descriptive survey research design of the correlation type was adopted for the study. The total population consisted of all secondary school students in the study area. Two hundred and fifty (250) students were sampled for the study, using a simple random sampling technique. Five research questions were raised and answered. Two self-constructed research instruments were used for the study, the first is titled predisposing factors to indiscipline questionnaire (PFIQ) and student indiscipline questionnaire (SIQ), and the two instruments yielded 0.84 and 0.81 reliability coefficients respectively. The result revealed that stealing and smuggling mobile phones to school are common indiscipline acts among secondary school students. Home factor, peer influence, and school factor was jointly contributed to indiscipline in senior secondary school in the Bwari area council Abuja. The researcher recommended that stakeholders should make sure that both home and school factors surrounding students are highly positive to influence their lives and raise disciplined students in our society.