Prevalence of Hookup Culture and its Consequences on Psychosocial and Academic Development of Female Undergraduates

Abstract

Hookup culture is one that accepts and encourages casual sex encounters, including one-night stand and other related activity, without necessarily including emotional intimacy, bonding or committed relationship. The prevalence vices, especially hookup culture is of great concern to many educational stakeholders. Therefore, this study is investigated prevalence and effects of hookup culture among female undergraduates in Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Purposive and volunteer sampling techniques were used to select 150 respondents from female students across colleges in Tai Solarin University of Education. Self-structured questionnaire titled “Prevalence and Effects of Hookup culture among Female Undergraduates (PEHCFU) was used to collect data from respondents. Analysis of the data was carried out using the simple percentage and frequency table to analyze the questions while mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions. The result showed that financial difficulties,  peer pressure, coercion influenced female undergraduates to engage in hookup culture all played significant roles in encouraging or normalizing hookup culture among undergraduates. Evidence also shows that engaging in hookup often has a detrimental effect on both the academic development and social interaction. It was recommended that educational Institutions should introduce comprehensive sex education programs to provide students with essential information on safe sex, consent, and the consequences of hookup culture.