Peter Olamakinde Olapegba

University of Ibadan · Department of Psychology

The study investigated the parental perception of child behavior and parental abuse as predictors of delinquent behavior among adolescents in a Military Cantonment in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design using accidental sampling to sample 200 adolescents for data collection using validated scales. Data collected were...

This study examined assertiveness and emotional intelligence as predictors of marital adjustment among married couples in Greater Ibadan Municipality, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design and used a purposive sampling technique to select five local government areas from the Greater Ibadan Municipality. Data were con...

Organizational commitment among workers has been identified as a prerequisite for efficient and effective performance in both business and non-business organizations. Several studies have been carried out to find out predictors of organizational commitment in formal organizations with few studies done in police organizations. This study, therefore,...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other diverse identities (LGBTQ+) continue to be an emerging issue in the 21st century worldwide. Studies have examined factors that predict attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community with varying results. This study focuses on investigating religiosity, social media, and sexual orientation as predictors o...

The prevalence of cyberbullying and associated psychological problems on the victims has been on the increase, especially in the developing countries. While studies on the effects of cyberbullying and management of the victims have been done in developed countries, this is not the case in many developing countries. Therefore, this study investigate...

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset – with data collected between 2020 and 2022 – to asse...

Criminal behaviour has increased in recent years in Nigeria. Violent crimes have graduated from the common petty offences to sophisticated crimes of mass killings, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery to bombing activities across the landscape. This study investigated the influence of Codeine and Toluene abuse on criminal behaviour among youths in M...

This study investigated the influence of perceived COVID-19 vulnerability and death anxiety on perceived quality of life (PQOL) among frontline media workers in Southwest , Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design using validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Purposive sampling technique was used to select Lagos and Oyo states while c...

The study investigated self-control, materialism, and need for achievement as predictors of cybercrime behaviour among youths in Ibadan metropolis. The study adopted ex-post factor research design while 200 youths in Ibadan metropolis were conveniently selected to respond to four validated questionnaires: Cybercrime Behaviour Scale, Brief Multidime...

Self-employment is taking centre-stage among university undergraduates as white collar jobs are hard to come by after graduation. Empowering students for self-employment has therefore become imperative. This study aims to investigate two predictors of entrepreneurial intention: role model and self-efficacy among undergraduate students of the Univer...

This study investigated personality traits, emotional intelligence and need for affiliation as predictors of social media addiction among undergraduate students of the University of Ibadan. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design while using purposive sampling technique to select three faculties: Education, Sciences and Social Sciences and...

Self-employment is taking centre-stage among university undergraduates as white collar jobs are hard to come by after graduation. Empowering students for self-employment has therefore become imperative. This study aims to investigate two predictors of entrepreneurial intention: role model and self-efficacy among undergraduate students of the Univer...

Studies on sexual abuse have placed more emphasis on the commercial sexual disposition among children and women. However, there is paucity of studies on sexual abuse disposition among married men. Therefore, this study examined personality traits and perceived seductive dressing as predictors of sexual abuse disposition among married men in Ibadan...

Emotional exhaustion occurs when there is intense demand in workplace. The rate at which Ministers of God exhibit emotional exhaustion has been on the increased over the years. This study investigates the influence of personality traits, church-related stress, gender and age on emotional exhaustion among Ministers of God in Lagos, Nigeria. The stud...

Intimate partner violence towards women has become an enormous social problem. Statistics show that the prevalence of intimate partner violence in Nigeria is more than 62.8% among women. This study, therefore, investigated self-esteem, life orientation and life satisfaction as predictors of acceptance of intimate partner violence among women in Oyo...

Informed by the urgent need to find a development paradigm that enables African countries to overcome poverty (as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 1), this chapter analyses the strategic significance of African identity and morality. The chapter argues that Eurocentric values of individualism coming from colonialism have battered African i...

Suicide is a serious mental health problem that affects both adults and adolescents.

Background: Body image research deals a lot with awareness of the body as an entity. Studies that consider individual anatomical aspects and place them in an intercultural context are rarely present. Methods: For this purpose, general data, body perception and judgment of body images from 2163 (48% female and 52% male) participants from Germany,...

Suicidal ideation is the thought of taking one's life or thinking about suicide without actually making plans to do so. Statistics have shown the rate of suicide has been on the increase especially among inmates in correctional facility worldwide. This study, therefore, examined the influence of category of inmates, duration of incarceration, and d...

The need to improve traffic safety requires identification of personality traits that increase the odds of involvement in road traffic accidents. This study investigated impulsivity and risk-taking propensity as predictors of accident-proneness among long distance commercial drivers in two local government areas in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study ado...

Healthy interpersonal relationship helps in healthy functioning. This study examined role of personality traits and internet addiction on interpersonal relationships quality among undergraduates of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. With 250 samples, the study adopted cross-sectional design, Personality Scale, Internet Addiction Test, Relationship...

Divorce has a pervasive effect on married people's lives as it affects them physically, psychologically and spiritually. Studies have shown that divorce rates remain intractable in our modern society. This study, therefore, investigated how religiosity and coping self-efficacy affect attitudes towards divorce among married couples in Ibadan, Nigeri...

Aggressive driving behaviour has been identified as one of the causes of carnage in our roads. Studies have attributed the death of 1.25 million people to aggressive driving behaviour. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of dispositional factors (anger proneness, anxiety and life satisfaction) on aggressive and pro-social driving beha...

Predictors of traffic rules violation among 240 drivers in Akinyele and Ibadan North Local Government Areas in Oyo State, Nigeria were investigated using accidental sampling technique. The variables investigated were risk-taking propensity, fear of punishment, traffic rules violation, gender, levels of education, and years of driving experience. Cr...

This study investigated anger proneness, anxiety, and life satisfaction as predictors of driving behavior among corporate drivers in Ibadan. A cross-sectional survey design was used for data collection. Purposive sampling was used to select ten corporate organizations while convenience sampling was used to select 199 corporate drivers with age rang...

Diabetic patients carry enormous public health burden thus making the identification of risk factors for this disorder an important health issue. This study was aimed at investigating social supports, health locus of control and psychological acceptance as predictors of perceived quality of life (PQoL) among diabetic patients. Self-efficacy and sel...

Relevant previous reviews exist that disease outbreak could initiate changes in the way individuals relate with his/her social environment and this has the potential to trigger dysfunctional behaviours in the citizens (Bandura, 1997), this is the experience of Africans during COVID-19 pandemic. When a human being finds it difficult to adapt to expe...

Background Discharged against medical advice (DAMA) is a risk factor that often leads to adverse outcomes and hospital readmissions in neonatal units. A few studies have shown that spiritual/faith-based interventions (FBIs) tend to have a lower incidence of DAMA compared with public hospitals. Perhaps, a holistic approach to patient care that addre...

Background: Discharged against medical advice (DAMA) is a risk factor that often leads to adverse outcomes and hospital readmissions in neonatal units. A few studies have shown that spiritual/faith-based interventions (FBIs) tend to have a lower incidence of DAMA compared with public hospitals. Perhaps, a holistic approach to patient care that addr...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the whole world and nearly every facet of human endeavours. This has necessitated government sourcing for and encouraging her citizens to take vaccine against contracting the virus and spreading it. This study was conducted to investigate factors influencing intention to take COVID-19 vaccine among nursing student...

The growth in the number of online shopping and the number of retailers have built up a competitive market in Nigeria. Studies have indicated that consumers lack trust and the perceived high risk constituted barriers to the use of Internet shopping, hereby reducing online purchases. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of risk-taking p...

This study examined the predictors of perceived quality of life (PQOL) and the mediating role of community attachment among residents of an emerging settlement in Ogun State, Nigeria. An emerging settlement comprises 18 Community Development Areas was purposively selected while 433 owner-occupiers were sampled using accidental sampling technique. A...

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) remains the single most definitive, wide-ranging and most impactful occurrence in recent human history. There is no aspect of human life that is not affected by COVID-19. While COVID-19 remains lethal due to high contagion and fatalities rates across the world, authoritative intellectual books are very few to ass...

The growth in the number of online shopping and the number of retailers have built up a competitive market in Nigeria....

Since COVID-19 currently has no proven cure but high morbidity and mortality; many people are living in fear of the virus along with other mental health challenges induced by the lockdowns and social distancing. Hence, this study aims to provide evidence on the co-occurrence and inter-relations between the fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic stress sy...

The implications of risky sexual behaviour are dire so are the efforts committed to tackling some of them such as sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been implicated in several mental health challenges faced by many people. These challenges can also arise due to the fear of being infected with COVID-19 and engaging in preventative behavior. This study investigated the mediating role of post-traumatic stress symptomology and psychological distress in the relationship bet...

In this cross-sectional survey study, we investigated gambling characteristics (''quick'' money syndrome, frequency of gambling, preferred gambling products and platforms) and demographic (age and gender) differences as determinants of attitudes towards gambling among youths in Lagos. We used a purposive snowball technique to recruit 179 respondent...

Background: Discharged against medical advice (DAMA) is a risk factor that often leads to adverse outcomes and hospital re-admissions in neonatal units. Few studies have shown that spiritual/faith-based institutions (FBI) tend to have lower incidence of DAMA compared with public hospitals. Perhaps the holistic approach to patient care that addresse...

The use and abuse of substances among adolescents have been a source of concern in youth development in Nigeria. Statistics have shown that the prevalence of substance abuse in Nigeria is 62.4% among adolescents. This study, therefore, examined academic stress and personality traits as predictors of substance use among adolescents in secondary scho...

The novel coronavirus has not only brought along disruptions to daily socio-economic activities, but sickness and deaths due to its high contagion. With no widely acceptable pharmaceutical cure, the best form of prevention may be precautionary measures which will guide against infections and curb the spread of the disease. This study explored the r...

Quality of life (QOL), a multidimensional construct, has in the last two and a half decades attracted attention in research and practice across the medical sciences, humanities and the social sciences. One major challenge is the conceptualization of QOL which has led to confusion with other terms. This paper is an attempt to conceptualise QOL and e...

Military postings, though unplanned, are routinely carried out with serious implications on the dependants of posted officers. Using the in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews, data were extracted from officers, non-commissioned officers, wives and children of deployed officers in the Nigeria Army. Findings indica...

Introduction: Individuals who have knowledge of an infectious disease and also perceive the risks associated with such infectious disease tend to engage more in precautionary behaviour; however, little is known about this association as it relates to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). There is possibility of moderated mediation effect in the associa...

In response to the global call for strategic information to understand the novel coronavirus, the dataset presented in this paper is an examination of COVID-19-related knowledge, risk perceptions and precautionary health behavior among Nigerians. The data were generated during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country through a survey distributed via an...

In response to the global call for strategic information to understand the novel coronavirus, the dataset presented in this paper is an examination of COVID-19-related knowledge, risk perceptions and precautionary health behavior among Nigerians. The data were generated during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country through a survey distributed via an...

This study assessed knowledge and perceptions about COVID-19 among the general public in Nigeria during the initial week of the pandemic lockdown in the country. From March 28 to April 4, 2020, this cross-sectional survey used an anonymous online questionnaire to collect data from respondents within Nigeria. Purposive and snowball sampling techniqu...

This study assessed knowledge and perceptions about COVID-19 among the general public in Nigeria during the initial week of the pandemic lockdown in the country. From March 28 to April 4, 2020, this cross-sectional survey used an anonymous online questionnaire to collect data from respondents within Nigeria. Purposive and snowball sampling techniqu...

This study assessed knowledge and perceptions about COVID-19 among the general public in Nigeria during the initial week of the pandemic lockdown in the country. From March 28 to April 4, 2020, this cross-sectional survey used an anonymous online questionnaire to collect data from respondents within Nigeria. Purposive and snowball sampling techniqu...

Abstract This study assessed knowledge and perceptions about COVID-19 among the general public in Nigeria during the initial week of the pandemic lockdown in the country. From March 28 to April 4, 2020, this cross-sectional survey used an anonymous online questionnaire to collect data from respondents within Nigeria. Purposive and snowball sampling...

Suicidal ideation is the thought of one taking one’s life or thinking about suicide without actually making plans to do so. It is currently one of the major problems in the society. Statistics have shown that the rate of suicide has been on the increase especially among prison inmates worldwide. In this study, therefore, the influence of category o...

Nigeria in recent years has been experiencing spare of terrorism in the northern part of the country with terrorist groups unleashing terror and instilling fear in the minds of residents. Psychological impacts...

This study examined the psychological factors predicting perceived quality of life and the mediating role of community attachment among residents of Sango/ Ota in established settlement in Ogun state, Nigeria...

The dilemma associated with making a choice between local and foreign goods has given rise to the desire to x-ray the importance of purchase intention as a veritable component in consumer decision making process. This study, therefore examined psycho demographic factors (patriotism, self-esteem, attitude towards product quality, sex and age) as pre...

Adolescence is the crux of sexuality and a period of development marked by the establishment of intimate relationships with the opposite sex. The occurrences of abusive dating behaviours at this stage of development are on the rise. Although little attention has been placed on this, these behaviours could serve as risk factors for worse maladaptive...

Difficulty of access to regular/traditional schooling system at tertiary level has increased the demand for open/distance learning (ODL) mode of study at university level. Achievement motivation has been found to be an important factor for academic success, continuity and completion of academic programme in the ODL mode of study. Therefore, this st...

The nature of human traffic at airports and sophistication of criminal minded individuals pose a lot of security challenge in terms of crime and deception detection, this is in addition to the defect in security training in most developing countries. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of training in micro-expression identification skill...

That visual impairment is significantly correlated with low self-efficacy and low self-esteem is an assertion that is not being contested, but the manner in which self-efficacy, self-esteem and locus of control influences the life orientation of the visually impaired is the crust of this study; an inquiry into the moderating effect of sight in the...

The controversy on the operational definitions of quality of life has led to the development of a number of measures which in many cases are culture specific. This study assessed the factor structure and item analysis of perceived quality of life (PQOL) among PLHA in Nigeria. Six hundred and ten PLHA from South West Nigeria participated in the stud...

This study examined the influence of personality factors (that is, need for achievement, need for affiliation, and need for power) on knowledge sharing intention. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted while a total of 207 employees selected from two commercial banks in Nigeria using accidental sampling technique participated in the study. The...

This study examined the dynamics of perceived social support and self-esteem in predicting perception of quality of life among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in South West Nigeria. One hundred and fifty nine (159) PLWHA selected using the purposive sampling technique participated in the study; the sample was made up of 46 males and 113 females...

Smuggling is one of the major factors undermining the economy of Nigeria. This behaviour is aided partly by the multi-border nature of the country with multiple entry and exit points (legal and illegal). The country shares land borders with Cameroon, Benin Republic, Republic of Togo, Chad and marine border with Equitorial Guinea. In a bid to stem t...

In response to the rapid and unplanned growth that has led to the colocation of residential communities with refuse dumpsites in Lagos, Nigeria, we conducted a cross-sectional investigation of individuals living within the Olusosun community near a refuse dumpsite. Participants were 479 persons (>18 years of age, 52.6% male) who lived within 1 km o...