ABSTRACT
This study investigated the influence of gender and personality traits among inmates in Ekiti State prisons. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design. A total of 120 inmates were conveniently and purposefully sampled in the study. These participants were administered with Big-Five Personality Questionnaire and Brief Criminal Attitudes Scale together with demographic information. One was tested using multiple regression and was rejected. Three hypotheses were tested in the study using independent sample t-test, two was confirmed and the other was rejected. The result of the tested hypothesis showed that personality traits did not predict criminal tendencies [F (5, 118) = 1.385, p > .001, R2 = .057]. Age did not have a significant influence on criminal tendencies (M = 20.04, SD= 2.29. M =20.22, SD= 2.08), [t (118) = -.422; p >0.5].Gender does not have an influence on criminal tendencies (M = 20.00, SD= 2.18, M =20.74, SD= 2.26) [t (118) = -.422, p >0.5], Conviction status did not have an influence on criminal tendencies (M = 20.00, SD= 2.18. M = 20.33, SD= 2.25) [t (118) = - .422;p >0.5]. From this assertion, the research suggests con-current psychometric testing of inmates.
Keywords: Gender, personality traits, age, conviction status, prison, Ekiti State.
FOYEKEMI, O (2021). Influence Of Gender And Personality Traits On Criminal Tendencies Among Adolescents Inmates In Ekiti State Prisons. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/influence-of-gender-and-personality-traits-on-criminal-tendencies-among-adolescents-inmates-in-ekiti-state-prisons
FOYEKEMI, OGUNDARE "Influence Of Gender And Personality Traits On Criminal Tendencies Among Adolescents Inmates In Ekiti State Prisons" Afribary. Afribary, 20 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/influence-of-gender-and-personality-traits-on-criminal-tendencies-among-adolescents-inmates-in-ekiti-state-prisons. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
FOYEKEMI, OGUNDARE . "Influence Of Gender And Personality Traits On Criminal Tendencies Among Adolescents Inmates In Ekiti State Prisons". Afribary, Afribary, 20 May. 2021. Web. 16 May. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/influence-of-gender-and-personality-traits-on-criminal-tendencies-among-adolescents-inmates-in-ekiti-state-prisons >.
FOYEKEMI, OGUNDARE . "Influence Of Gender And Personality Traits On Criminal Tendencies Among Adolescents Inmates In Ekiti State Prisons" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 16, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/influence-of-gender-and-personality-traits-on-criminal-tendencies-among-adolescents-inmates-in-ekiti-state-prisons