Analytical Study of Styles of Love among Secondary School Adolescents in Anambra State, Nigeria

Abstract

Adolescence is an important developmental period when there is increase in adolescents’ quest for romantic relationships; love at this period can become confusing. This study analysed the styles of love among adolescents of secondary schools in Anambra state, Nigeria. One research question guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. A sample size of 1015 secondary school adolescents was selected from a population size of 32,217 adolescents through simple random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Research question was answered using range of summated scores and percentages while z-test and ANOVA were respectively used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings from the study revealed among others that majority of the adolescents are aware of the different styles of love. Based on the findings, implications of the study were noted and recommendations made that school guidance and counselling services and programmes for educating the students should focus on how to make the best of relationship choice based on the styles of love and the dangers of making the wrong choice of love in such early stage of development.