Abstract:
Adolescence is a stage in life that is considered very turbulent as the psychological, social
and physiological changes that accompany this period predispose young people to risky
sexual behavior. The objective of this study was to assess psychosocial predictors of attitude
toward premarital sex among Injibara university first year students. Correlational design
was used and the target population of this study consists of 1698 adolescent students 280
students were selected as sample using simple random sampling method and also availability
sampling technique was used. Hence, 280 adolescent students (147 males and 133 females)
participated in this study. Relevant data were collected using questionnaire. The data were
quantitatively analyzed using (inferential statistics) logistic regression, one sample t test and
independent sample t test. This study indicate that level of and exposure to peer pressure
among first year university student having the experience of premarital sex have below
average level of self-esteem (t= -46.93, p=.000) and have been exposed to higher level of
peer pressure (t= 26.11, p=.000). Study suggests that male first year students with the
experience of premarital sex have higher level of self-esteem and exposure to peer pressure
than their female counterparts. Self-esteem negatively predicted attitude towards premarital
sex. Therefore researcher recommended opening effective counseling office and gender
based guidance to first year students and finally researcher recommend the university
administrators to see seriously how adolescent student are get life skill training before
starting teaching learning process