Effectiveness of self- efficacy training skills on adolescents’ sexual risk- taking behavior in Oyo state, Nigeria

Particularly in Nigeria, parents, educators, and social workers are becoming increasingly concerned about adolescents' sexually risky behavior. In addition to analyzing the moderating effects of gender and socioeconomic position, this study looked into how self-efficacy training affected teenagers' sexual risk-taking behaviors. With 80 senior secondary school students, ages 14 to 19, from public schools in Oyo State, Nigeria, participating, a pre-test, post-test, randomized quasi-experimental design was used. These students were divided into experimental and control groups at random, and the experimental group was given self-efficacy training for eight weeks. The Adolescent Sexual Behavior Inventory was used to gather data, and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to evaluate the results. The findings showed that therapy, gender, and socioeconomic level had no discernible effects on taking risks with sexual behaviors. Likewise, there were no discernible interaction effects between gender, socioeconomic level, and treatment. The results imply that without addressing more extensive sociocultural factors, self-efficacy training might not be enough to reduce dangerous behaviors. In order to successfully lower teenagers' sexual risk-taking behaviors, the study suggests incorporating digital literacy, parental participation, and comprehensive sex education into intervention programs. To solve these issues, more research is advised to examine comprehensive and situation-specific approaches.