Belief systems in Yoruba adolescents attending church schools in Nigeria
The specific aims of the study were to determine: (1) whether significant differences in frequency of type of response to a questionnaire concerned with religious beliefs occur between pupils classified according to state, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and social class; (2) whether significant differences in frequency of type of response to a questionnaire concerned with moral attitudes, human relationships and certain religious orientations occur between pupils classified according to state, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and social class; (3) whether significant differences in self-esteem occur between pupils classified according to state, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and social class. These specific aims can be expressed in the form of the following broad null hypothesis, viz. that state membership, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and socio-economic class of pupils do not influence significantly religious beliefs, moral attitudes, views on human relationships, religious orientations and self-esteem of pupils in the secondary school range. viii The sample composed 500 Nigerian secondary school pupils in the age range 11-18+ years. There were 268 boys and
Osatuyi, Noah Ojo Omo
Philosophy
Belief systems in Yoruba adolescents attending church schools in Nigeria. The specific aims of the study were to determine: (1) whether significant differences in frequency of type of response to a questionnaire concerned with religious beliefs occur between pupils classified according to state, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and social class; (2) whether significant differences in frequency of type of response to a questionnaire concerned with moral attitudes, human relationships and certain religious orientations occur between pupils classified according to state, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and social class; (3) whether significant differences in self-esteem occur between pupils classified according to state, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and social class. These specific aims can be expressed in the form of the following broad null hypothesis, viz. that state membership, location, sex, age, religion, denomination and socio-economic class of pupils do not influence significantly religious beliefs, moral attitudes, views on human relationships, religious orientations and self-esteem of pupils in the secondary school range. viii The sample composed 500 Nigerian secondary school pupils in the age range 11-18+ years. There were 268 boys and
belief_system yoruba adolescent attend church schools nigeria specific aim_study determine_whether significant_difference frequency type response questionnaire concern religious_belief occur pupil classify_accord state location sex_age religion denomination social_class whether significant difference frequency type response questionnaire concerned moral attitude human relationship certain religious orientation occur pupil classify_accord state location sex_age religion denomination social_class whether significant difference self_esteem occur pupil classify_accord state location sex_age religion denomination social_class specific aim express form follow broad null hypothesis viz state membership location sex_age religion denomination socio_economic class pupil influence significantly religious_belief moral attitude view human relationship religious orientation self_esteem pupil secondary_school range viii sample compose nigerian secondary_school pupil age_range year boy