Influence of Age on Adolescents' Self Concept among Secondary School Students in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria
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Abstract
This study investigated the influence of age on adolescents' self-concept amongSecondary School students in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area in Edo State. The sample of the study was 422 students.
This sample comprised of 218 males and 204 female students. Among these 27 students were between the age range of 12 -14, 307 students were within the age range of 15-17 while 88 students were within the age range of 18 – above. To guide the study, three research questions and their corresponding hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and the independent sample student t - test. The results showed that there were differences among the three groups but the differences were not significant. It was therefore recommended that schools should have trained counsellors to enable the adolescent students build their self-concept irrespective of their age differences.