Relationship between Listening To Contemporary Secular Music and Risky Sexual AttitudesBehavior among University Students Case of Daystar University, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual content in music and risky sexual attitudes and behavior among university students, specifically at Daystar University, Athi River campus. The objectives of the study were to establish the prevalence of listeners of contemporary secular music among undergraduate students at Daystar University-Athi River Campus, identify existing opinion on the relationship between listening to contemporary secular music and risky sexual attitudes, and establish the relationship between listening to contemporary secular music and risky sexual behavior among Daystar University undergraduate students in Athi River Campus. The research used stratified random sampling technique to pick a sample size of 189 respondents, which was 10% of the total population. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and statistical analysis of data using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 26 and the Karl Pearson’s product moment correlation technique to establish the relationship between listening to contemporary secular music and risky sexual behaviors and attitudes among respondents. The findings showed that the prevalence of participants who reported an affinity to listening to music was significantly higher (215, 97.3%) than those who did not like listening to music. The frequency of secular music listeners was equally higher as compared to gospel music listeners. The study recommends close monitoring and an intentional proactive engagement of parents, the church, and educational policy influencers to shape the resultant output of the messages passed through this popular medium of entertainment. Further studies on the impact of contemporary secular music on gender stereotyping and perception on opposite sex or even same gender relations among the youth is recommended.