Prevalence of sexual harassment among university undergraduates (eBook)

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Sociology - Work, Profession, Education, Organisation, grade: 3.5, , course: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, language: English, abstract: This study investigated the prevalence of sexual harassment among University Undergraduates of Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and one null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The research design was a descriptive survey. A population of 92 undergraduates was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Prevalence of Sexual Harassment among University Undergraduate".

The mean ratings and standard deviations were employed to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test the hypothesis. The major findings of the study was that there was no significance difference between female and male undergraduate likely to experience sexual harassment in Delta State University Abraka. It was recommended among other things that guidance counsellors, educational psychologists and significant others should establish more effective and workable strategies in tackling sexual harassment among university undergraduates.