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 of attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community amongst residents in Nigeria. The survey employs a cross-sectional design and uses purposive sampling to select three Local Government Areas. Data were collected from 202 participants using four validated scales. The collected data were analyzed through zero-order correlation, t-test of independent sample, and multiple regression analysis. The study tested four hypotheses at a significance level of p 0.05, revealing that religiosity, social media, and sexual orientation jointly predicted attitudes towards LGBTQ+ community. The findings reveal that both religiosity and sexual orientation significantly affected attitudes toward LGBTQ+. In contrast, attitudes towards LGBTQ+ were not influenced by social media. This study's novelty lies in uncovering how people's beliefs, values, cultures, and principles center on their attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community. It is recommended that the government and various institutions increase public awareness regarding LGBTQ+ issues to guide parents, adolescents, youth, and the public towards improved societal acceptance.

Substance abuse has become a recurring issue that affects the individual, family and the society with enormous costs. The issue is more disturbing as more in-school adolescents are getting into substance abuse that is threatening the social fabric of the society. Studies have investigated several predictors of substance abuse with varied results. Therefore, this study examined selfesteem, health locus of control and resilient personality as predictors of substance abuse among in-school adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design using purposive sampling technique to select six secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis. Data were collected from 309 participants using validated questionnaires. Data collected were analyzed using t- test for independent samples and multiple regression analysis. Results indicated that self-esteem [t (307) = 7.24, p < 0.05], health locus of control [t (307) = 4.10, p < 0.05] and resilient personality [t (307) = 3.10, p < 0.05] significantly influenced substance abuse among in- school adolescents. Also, the results revealed that self- esteem, health locus of control and resilient personality jointly predicted substance abuse among study participants [R2 = 0.14, F (3, 299) = 9.37, p < 0.05]. Finally, the results showed that health locus of control (β = 0.31, p < 0.05) and resilient personality (β = 0.45, p < 0.05) independently predicted substance abuse among in- school adolescents. The study concluded that self- esteem, health locus of control and resilient personality are strong predictors of substance abuse among in- school adolescents. The study recommended that government and other stakeholders should design and implement programmes that will help to improve self-esteem, health locus of control and resiliency among in-school adolescents to reduce attraction to substance abuse.

The increased rate of gambling in our society has become a menace that affects nearly every Nigerian youth, including undergraduates. Studies using different predictors of addictive gambling behavior have produced varying results. Therefore, this study investigated impulsivity, peer pressure, and social media usage as predictors of addictive gambling behavior among undergraduates in Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design using the purposive sampling technique was used to select three universities. Data were collected from 258 undergraduates using validated scales. The collected data were analyzed using zero-order correlation and multiple regression analysis. The result revealed that peer pressure was significantly correlated with addictive gambling behavior. Also, impulsivity, peer pressure, and social media usage jointly predicted addictive gambling behavior. However, only peer pressure independently predicted addictive gambling behavior. The conclusion is that peer pressure is a strong predictor of addictive gambling behavior. The implication of this finding is that parents, university authorities, and other stakeholders should design programmes and policies to reduce peer pressure on problem gambling. KEY WORDS: addictive gambling behavior; impulsivity; peer pressure; social media usage ABSTRAK Meningkatnya tingkat perjudian di masyarakat kita telah menjadi ancaman yang mempengaruhi hampir setiap pemuda Nigeria termasuk mahasiswa. Penelitian yang menggunakan prediktor yang berbeda dari perilaku perjudian yang membuat ketagihan telah memberikan hasil yang bervariasi. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini menyelidiki impulsif, tekanan teman sebaya, dan penggunaan media sosial sebagai prediktor perilaku perjudian yang membuat ketagihan di kalangan mahasiswa di Nigeria. Desain survei cross-sectional menggunakan teknik purposive sampling digunakan untuk memilih tiga universitas. Data dikumpulkan dari 258 mahasiswa dengan menggunakan skala yang telah divalidasi. Data yang dikumpulkan dianalisis dengan menggunakan korelasi orde nol dan analisis regresi berganda. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa tekanan teman sebaya berkorelasi secara signifikan dengan perilaku perjudian yang membuat ketagihan. Selain itu, impulsif, tekanan teman sebaya, dan penggunaan media sosial secara bersama-sama memprediksi perilaku perjudian yang membuat ketagihan. Namun, hanya tekanan teman sebaya yang secara independen memprediksi perilaku perjudian yang membuat ketagihan. Kesimpulannya adalah bahwa tekanan teman sebaya adalah prediktor kuat dari perilaku perjudian yang membuat ketagihan. Implikasi dari temuan ini adalah bahwa orang tua, otoritas universitas, dan pemangku kepentingan lainnya harus merancang program dan kebijakan untuk mengurangi tekanan teman sebaya pada masalah perjudian KATA KUNCI perilaku perjudian adiktif; impulsif; tekanan teman sebaya; penggunaan media sosial Copyright ©2024. The Authors. Published by Journal of Indonesian Psychological Science (JIPS). This is an open access article under the CC BY NO SA. link: Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Background: The most lasting gifts a business could pass on to the next generation is who is next to take over the family-owned business. Little studies have been done on succession plan among family-own business in Nigeria. Objective: This study examines personality traits and socio-demographic factors as likely predictors of succession planning among family-owned businesses in Ibadan metropolis. Cross-sectional survey design using purposive sampling technique was used to sample seven family-owned businesses. Data were collected from 120 participants using standardized questionnaires. Zero-order correlation statistics and multiple regression analysis were utilized to analyze the collected data. Results: The result revealed that personality traits jointly predicted succession planning among participants. Also, age, education, gender, job status, marital status, and work experience jointly predicted succession planning among participants. Finally, marital status and work experience independently predicted succession planning. Conclusion: Personality traits and socio-demographic factors were robust predictors of succession planning among family-owned businesses in Ibadan. The novelty of this finding is that succession planning is rarely studied among family-owned businesses.

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 analyzed using multiple regression and t-tests of independent samples. The results showed that parental perception of child behavior and parental abuse jointly predicted delinquent behavior among adolescents. Also, parental abuse independently predicted delinquent behavior while parental perception of child behavior did not. Finally, male adolescents scored higher on the delinquent behavior scale than female adolescents. The study concluded that parental perception and parental abuse are strong predictors of delinquent behavior among adolescents in a military cantonment. Therefore, it is recommended that parents should discourage negative behavior such as shouting and beating and encourage positive behavior such as positive relationships and encouragement to their children.

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 investigated predictors of cyberbullying behavior among youths in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. Cross-sectional survey design was adopted while purposive sampling technique was used to select the two institutions. Data was collected from 416 students using three validated scales. Two hypotheses were tested using stepwise multiple regression analysis and t-test of independent samples. Results indicated that personality traits significantly predicted cyberbullying behavior among students in the two tertiary institutions. When aggression was introduced into the model, there was an additional amount of variance explained. Furthermore, the result revealed that male students reported higher cyberbullying behavior than female students. The study concluded that personality traits of extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and aggression are important predictors of cyberbullying behavior among students in the study population. The study recommended that discouraging cyberbullying would be achieved by understanding the personality traits and aggressive behavior that triggers students into cyberbullying.