title: Psychological adjustment of Yoruba adolescents as influenced by family type: a research note.
abstract: This research examines the influence of family type on the psychological adjustment of Yoruba adolescents. Using a sample of 116 adolescents, 69 males and 47 females, with mean age of 17.8 years of age (S.D. = 1.72), the results reveal that male adolescents from monogamous families experience better psychological adjustment than their polygynous counterparts, whereas no such difference exists in the levels of psychological adjustment of female adolescents from both family types. These findings suggest that (i) sex-role prescription influences psychological adjustment of adolescents in Yoruba societies, and (ii) female children enjoy more protective upbringing in polygynous families than their male counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Oyefeso
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Adegoke
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012107:Research Design; D012737:Sex Factors; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012917:Social Adjustment