Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025
Appraisal of recreation as a psycho-social intervention for improving vagrant youths in Lagos State
Apalara, F.A., Taiwo, A.B., Adande, A.D., & Setonji, N.A.
Abstract
The study was conducted to evaluate the influence of recreation as a psycho
social intervention for improving vagrant youths in Lagos State. The
population of the study include all vagrant youths in the five administrative
divisions in Lagos State. 200 vagrant youths were randomly selected from the
five administrative divisions of Lagos State to form the sample size. Four
research questions and four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the
study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study and the population
of the study included all vagrant youths in the five administrative divisions of
Lagos State. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted for the selection of
the participants of the study. Data were collected using Recreation As A
Psycho-Social Intervention For Vagrant Youth (RAPIVY) Questionnaire. The
validity of the instrument was ensured by two specialists in the field of
recreation and tourism and the reliability of the instrument was computed
using Cronbach alpha method and reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained.
Data collected were analyzed using frequency count and percentage for
demographic data and inferential statistics of chi square was used to test all
hypotheses. Results of the study reveals that personal interest and availability
of recreational facilities have significant influence on participation of vagrant
youths in recreational activities. Also, participation in recreational activities
has significant influence on anti-social behaviour among vagrant youths in
Lagos State. Also, participation in recreational activities has significant
influence on social development among vagrant youths in Lagos State as
evident in the results;(X2=53.470; P<0.05, X2=94.00; P=.012, X2=57.60;
P=.023, X2=144.558; P=.036) respectively. It was therefore recommended
among others that efforts should be made by the communities and government
to provide and maintain recreational facilities in all the administrative
divisions in Lagos State.
Keywords
Appraisal, Recreation, Psycho-social intervention, Vagrant
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