Personality Dimension to University Campus Cult Membership

Elegbeleye, O.S.

doi:10.1080/09720073.2005.11890893

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“…Thus, membership of cult groups has economic underpinning, yet is sometimes open to a specific class of people: the rich and influential. As observed by Elegbeleye (2005) and Egbochuku (2009) all over southern Nigeria, for instance, university cult societies include children of the higher strata of society.…”

Section: Economic Context Of Witchcraft and Cult Societiesmentioning

confidence: 88%

A Survey of violence-related deaths in Egbedore and Ifedayo LGAs of Osun State (2006-2014)

Abodunrin¹

2016

Violence in Nigeria

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May 2014) 65 3.2 Violent deaths caused by cattle grazing in Nigeria, by state, cumulated figures (June 2006-May 2014) 70 3.3 Violent deaths in Nigeria caused by cattle grazing, cumulative figures per month (June 2006-May 2014) 73 4.1 Number of violent deaths in Nigeria, by protagonist, cumulated figures (June 2006-May 2014) 83 4.2 Number of violent deaths in events where cult societies were involved, by state, cumulated figures (June 2006-May 2014) 86 4.3 Violent deaths caused by political issues in events where cult societies were involved (June 2006-May 2014) 86 4.4 Number of violent deaths in Nigeria caused by sorcery, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 87 4.5 Number of violent deaths caused by political issues, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 88 5.1 Absolute number of violent deaths per year (June 2006-May 2014) 96 5.2 Violent deaths caused by religious issues, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 97 5.3 Violent deaths involving Islamic and Christian groups, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 101 6.1 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the security forces intervened, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 120 6.2 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the security forces intervened, by type of relationship (June 2006-May 2014) 123 6.3 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the army intervened, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 124 viii 6.4 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the police intervened, per year (June 2006-May 2014) 125 6.5 Number of violent deaths resulting from incidents where the police intervened, by type of relationship (June 2006-May 2014) 127 6.6 Frequency of security forces killings in selected states (June 2006-May 2014) 131 6.7 Frequency of security forces killings, by perpetrators, in selected states (June 2006-May 2014) 132 6.8 Percentages per month of the total fatalities caused by the security forces during the 2007 general elections 136 6.9 Percentages per month of the total fatalities caused by the security forces during the 2011 general elections 137

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Section: Economic Context Of Witchcraft and Cult Societiesmentioning

confidence: 88%

A Survey of violence-related deaths in Egbedore and Ifedayo LGAs of Osun State (2006-2014)

Abodunrin¹

2016

Violence in Nigeria

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“…Becker (1982) conceptualized a cult as an almost structureless, individual-centered group whose characteristics are determined by the isolation and alienation of its members from the structure of the larger society and from its formalized religious institutions. Elegbeleye (1997) gave an apt summary of the characteristics of a cult. These include the fact that:…”

Section: Definition and Membership Of Secret Cultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Secret Cults in Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning

Popoola

Alao

2006

Journal of School Violence

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The paper appraises the phenomenon of campus secret cults in Nigeria. Specifically, the paper sets off by exploring various definitions of secret cults before tracing the history of campus cults in Nigerian higher institutions. The paper identifies various reasons for the emergence of secret cults and discusses the consequences of cult activities on the Nigerian educational system. For a lasting solution to the problem, the paper recommends the establishment of a structure which will recognize the existence and operation of fraternities on campuses with the main objective of re-structuring, monitoring and regulating their activities.

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“…While most theoretical perspectives reviewed (Adelola, 1997;Elegbeleye, 1997;Tamuno,1999) have offered testable hypothesis which if appropriately applied; appear useful in explaining the phenomena of campus cult-violence and its associated psychopathological challenges in Nigerian university campuses, the major flaws of these previous efforts is that,(i)they have been mainly descriptive in nature,(ii)lack comprehensive theoretical framework with the inherent tendency of over-simplifications of ideas and(iii) the apparent tentative or inconclusive nature of their submissions. Operating from the premise that, the complex multi-variates phenomena of campus cultism and violence could not be explained in terms of discrete independent variables per se, the present review have drawn conclusions by examining varieties of available research evidences in a way to analyze campus-cult violence as a multi-dimensional social problem.…”

Section: Campus Cult and Violence In Nigeriamentioning

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Theoretical Perspectives on Campus Cultism and Violence in Nigeria Universities: A Review and Conceptual Approach

Arijesuyo¹,

Olusanya²

2011

IJPS

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Most African universities including Nigeria have witnessed youth violent activities laced with campus confraternities. The disturbing phenomenon has led to several theories on the emergence of this worrisome trend and what could be done to stave it off. This paper reviewed the major theoretical perspectives on the campus cult-violence and its attendant psychopathological behaviour among Nigerian youths. The review is selective and confined to the theoretical and investigative perspectives which presumably best fit Nigerian models of socio-cultural background. In the light of the existing empirical research which bears upon these theoretical conclusions; a conceptual framework -psycho-infrastructuralism was proposed as an intervention model. The framework shows the linkages between campus cult-violence and key factors of psycho-personality bias, frustration-aggression hypothesis, ethno-political theory and the environmentalist perspectives. It is suggested that, as a complex dynamic process, campus cult-violence activities and its key covariates must be measured and analyzed within psycho-infrastructural model.

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Personality Dimension to University Campus Cult Membership

Cited by 8 publications

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A Survey of violence-related deaths in Egbedore and Ifedayo LGAs of Osun State (2006-2014)

A Survey of violence-related deaths in Egbedore and Ifedayo LGAs of Osun State (2006-2014)

Secret Cults in Nigerian Institutions of Higher Learning

Theoretical Perspectives on Campus Cultism and Violence in Nigeria Universities: A Review and Conceptual Approach

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