CONCEAL INFINITE GROUP

:MEMBERS

Adzma S. Intimani
Romarie M. Omaguing
Mhudzmar M. Talib
Marnel L. Bansalan
Alvin A. Hasan
THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF INDECENT DRESSING ON ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
OF STUDENTS IN ISABELA CITY NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
Review Related Literature about Negative Effects of Indecent
Dressing of Students

(INTERNATIONAL)
IMPACT OF INDECENT DRESSING ON THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF COLLEGE EDUCATION,
KATSINA ALA IN BENUE STATE—NIGERIA

According to Bua and Ogbaji (2014), research reveals

that these wrongful and improper dressings of College of
Education Katsina Ala students has a high tendency of
impacting negatively on their academic performance as
the output of male lecturers most especially can reduce
when they concentrate on watching such provocative
dressings during lectures.
The data presented on Table 2 above shows that, the respondents rated all the
items from 8 to 14 in the cluster well above the cutoff point. Their ratings of
items 8 to 14 are 2.89, 2.79, 2.69, 3.14, 3.33, 2.85 and 2.52 with corresponding
standard deviations of 0.98, 0.93, 0.87, 0.83, 0.74, 0.73 and 0.87 Based on the
cutoff point of 2.50 respondents rated items 8 to 14 as accepted.
 The accepted indicated that indecent dressing can impact negatively on
students’ academic performance through lack of concentration in class,
students become victims of academic failure and drop-outs, seduction of
lecturers since most of such students are concerned with how to look good
and appear in the latest provocative dress. The respondents agreed that
there are incidences of awarding of marks for sexual favours and leakages in
examination and gross insubordination to lecturers. The clusters mean is
3.03 while the standard deviation 0.85 which indicate that they share the
views that indecently-dressed students are victims of academic failure.
THE EFFECTS OF INDECENT DRESSING ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF UYO, NIGERIA

Sadeeq (2018) believes that indecent dressing contributes to poor

academic performance as it makes the students a target of many
academic staffs for sexual gratification which on refusal may result
to failure and victimization.
The result from the study revealed that the undergraduate students’ of
University of Uyo perceived indecent dressing to have significant implications
on the individual. It was found that 63.8 percent of the study participants
indicated that indecent dressing reduces one’s self esteem, change people’s
perception about you, it exposes an individual, especially ladies to sexual
harassment and make one to be a target of victimization.
 Students’ Perception of Indecent Dressing in
Adamawa State Citadel of Higher Learning

According to Omede (2011) and Issacson (2000) this study revealed that
indecent dressing leads to a loss of respect for lecturers. It makes students
lose time writing assignments and spend much time in parties and other
social functions. It drives students into sex for grades, low grades, school
drop-outs, examination malpractices, and other major negative impact
includes an initiation into dangerous groups, and seduction of lecturers to
trade their bodies for marks in the case of the female students.
The descriptive data in Table 2 indicates that the respondents agreed with items with a
mean score ranging from 3.53-3.97 and SD of 0.80-1.34. However, it could be seen
that the respondents rated items 14, 15, 19-21 as the major consequence of indecent
dressing on the academic performance of students. Further, the grand mean of 3.68
which is above the cut-off mean of 3.50 showed that the respondents are aware of the
negative consequences of indecent dressing on their academic performance.
INDECENT DRESSING ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF
UNIVERSITY OF UYO,UYO NIGERIA

GRACE ENOMFON AKPAN

Department of Physical and Health Education
University of Uyo, Nigeria

Okeoma is of the opinion that the mass media and the issue of
modeling is the prime influence of modern day dressing patterns
among the youths. Bandura accepted that the mass media plays a
significant role in the behavior pattern of the youths. He argued also
that people learn through observation and tries to model (copy) the
behaviors they see and this occurs in two ways, through immitation
and identification.
The result in the above table shows that 134(59.8%) of the respondents agreed
that young people copy most of their dress code from models on television,
146(65.8%) indicated that the mass media help in promoting indecent dressing
in the society, 132(58.9%) said indecent dressing reflects an individual’s role
model’s value. 114(50.9%) indicated that even people that do not have access
to the mass media still dress indecently. In summary, it was found that
132(58.9%) of the respondents agreed that the mass media contribute to
indecent dressing while 92(41.1%) had a contrary view.
INDECENT DRESSING AMONG STUDENTS;
EFFECTS AND SOLUTION

Indecent dressing, also known as immodest dressing was once uncommon in

Africa, but today, it is progressively becoming part of us and at the same time,
leading to the increase in the rate of immorality in our society.
According to the Holy Bible, in First Timothy chapter 2 verses 9 to 10 (New King
James Version) says “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest
apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or
costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good
works