Title: Adult Consent As A Correlate Of Interpersonal Relationships Among Teachers In Delta North Senatorial District, Delta State
Authors: usamah, K. O. And Rev. Fr. (Prof). J. Obiunu
Volume: 9
Issue: 8
Pages: 388-393
Publication Date: 2025/08/28
Abstract:
The study investigated the correlation between adult consent and interpersonal relationship among teachers in Delta North Senatorial District. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The design used for this study is a correlational research design, the multi-stage random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 350 teachers (140 males and 210 females), from a population of two thousand, seven hundred and ninety-six (2,796) teachers (1,006 males and 1,260 females) in the 166 government-owned secondary schools. The research instrument that was used for this study is a questionnaire titled "The questionnaire is titled "Consent and Interpersonal Relationships Scale (CIRS). The face validity of the instrument was estimated through experts' judgment. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha statistics analysis and it yielded reliability index (r) of 0.73 for the Adult Consent Rating Scale. The research questions were answered using Pearson and multiple Correlations statistics. Hypotheses were tested using multiple regression statistics at 0.05 levels of significance. Results revealed that there is no significant relationship between adult consent and its components (voluntariness, informed decisions, and capacity) and interpersonal relationship among teachers. There is no significant moderating influence of gender on the relationship between adult consent and interpersonal relationship among teachers. Based on the above findings, it is recommended that teachers consent should be intentionally directed towards building interpersonal relationship at workplace.