Psychosocial Factors as Determinants of Anti-Social Behaviour Among Emerging Adults During COVID-19 in Nigeria
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Clinical Psychology Department, University of South Wales, United Kingdom
Abstract
Antisocial behaviours distort the normal activities within the school, work and societal settings by reducing the level of students' attention and concentration, makes organizational goals unattainable by reducing other workers' commitment to duty, increases the tendency for grooming youths that become thugs, armed robbers and bully of gullible others in the society. This study adopted descriptive survey design and data was collected using Google forms questionnaire. Four research hypotheses were tested at p<.05.
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Introduction
Emerging adults are those young adults that are about leaving secondary school and those in the university (Bada, Salaudeen, Alli and Oyekola, 2020). It is the age between fifteen and thirty years. These people have distinct ways of displaying anti-social behaviour during covid-19. The covid-19 pandemic has made several emerging adults globally to resort to learning things through digital and online medium.
Anti-social behaviour is the kind of behaviour that is not in tandem with the acceptable standard of behaviour within a given society and which violates the rights, freedom and wellbeing of others (Pena and Gena cited in Álvarez-García, et al, 2019). This kind of behaviour is displayed by some people at the various aspects of their lives, though seldom and based on some circumstances.
Increasing anti-social behaviour among emerging adults in schools, workplaces and other facets of life is a cause for concern. Incessant displacement of unacceptable behaviours by the youths is on increasing trend on a daily basis. These unsuitable behaviours have negative implications on significant others in the society. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique circumstances that may exacerbate these behavioral patterns through social isolation, economic uncertainty, and disrupted educational and social systems.