Premarital Sexual Relationships and Academic Performance among University Students: A Case of Ardhi University, Tanzania
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Date
2020-06-01
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The Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy
Abstract
Engaging in premarital sexual relationship is found to have effect such as HIV/AIDS
infection, STDs/STIs, early and unplanned pregnancies and stress to most youth worldwide.
Despite the mentioned effects, most of the youth including university students are still
engaging in premarital sexual relationships.This being the case, it was necessary to conduct
a study on premarital sexual relationships and academic performance among university
students in the study area. The aim was to find out why University students engage in
premarital sexual relationship. And how engaging in premarital sexual relationship affect
students’ academic performance in the study areas? The Social Exchange Theory (SET)
was used to guide the study. In addition, a Cross-sectional research design was used in this
study whereby both probability and non-probability sampling procedures were employed.
The study found courtship, peer pressure, poverty, mass media and curiosity as the drivers
for students’ engagement in premarital sexual relationship. The study concludes that,
although there are positive impacts of engaging in premarital sexual relationship among
university students, negative effects outweigh positive impacts; and these include stress,
which results from fear of being cheated upon or losing a partner, poor performance,
and unwanted pregnancies leading to abortion. The study recommends that, the youth
specifically university students should be educated on the impact of engaging in premarital
sexual relationships on academic performance. Moreover, different programs should be
established within universities to expose first-year students to what may happen if they
engage in premarital sexual relationship.
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KIVUKONI JOURNAL
A Journal of The Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy
Keywords
Premarital Sexual Relationship, Academic Performance, Students, Tanzania