Undergraduates' Perception of Dress Code Restrictions in Religious Affiliated Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria
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2016
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Ife PsychologIA
Abstract
In the past two or three decades, dress code restriction in its various forms and contexts has emerged as one of the frequently discussed issues in many higher institutions of learning in the world. Administrators in higher institutions of learning worldwide have lend credence to the claim that measures of dress code restrictions encourage equality and proper behaviour and discourage gangs and offensive clothing. While this has generated much excitement for some; divergent views, perspectives and questions have also being raised on whether dress restrictions have enduring qualities that will promote positive expressiveness of undergraduates both socio-psychologically and otherwise. Based on the foregoing, this study looks into undergraduates perception of these restrictions by examining the level of awareness of undergraduates of dress code restrictions before they were admitted into universities, the extent to which this determined their choice of universities and sought explanations on the coping strategies of students whose dress sense in pre-varsity years is averse to their institutions’ dress code rules. The paper, leaning on findings generated from the analysis of data collected via questionnaire survey and focus group discussion sessions concludes that dress code restrictions in tertiary institutions indeed generate positive and negative outcomes for students. However, the study also reveals that there is a need for the university management to understand undergraduates’ perspectives on dress code restrictions in order to achieve their desired ends.
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Undergraduates, Dress code restrictions, Religious affiliated universities, Perception, Dress code
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Faloore, O. O. & Bello I. B. (2016). Undergraduates' Perception of Dress Code Restrictions in Religious Affiliated Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ife PsychologIA, 24 (1), 158-169