Self-Concept and Lesbian Tendencies Among Secondary School Girls in Osun State: Implications for Sexual Counseling

There is a need for effective sexual orientation and counselling for girls in Nigeria’s secondary schools. This study examines self-concept and lesbian tendencies of girls in secondary schools in Osun State for the purpose of achieving appropriate sexual orientation and counselling. Null hypotheses were formulated following the research design. The research population covers 1,000 girls in secondary schools across the 50 public and private secondary schools in Osun State. 873 respondents were later selected using a multistage sampling technique. “Self-Concept and Lesbian tendencies Questionnaire (SCLTQ)” with Cronbach reliability of between 0.74 and 0.86 estimates were the instrument used for data collection. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyse the collected data, while the null hypotheses were all tested using inferential statistics on SPSS version 23. The study found that the level of lesbian tendencies among girls in secondary schools of Osun State is low; there is a positive and significant relationship between self-concept and lesbian tendencies among girls in secondary schools (R= 0.534; p < 0.05). Based on these findings, recommendations were suggested with counselling implications for appropriate sexual orientation.

Keywords:Self-concept; Lesbian tendencies; Counselling; Sexual orientation