Ofoegbu  Theresa, Mkpoikanke  Sunday Otu, Victor  Sunday Ezema, Abah  George Ohabuenyi, Christopher  Uwah, Stella  Anietie Usen, Inwang  Etim Udom, 
    Gender as Mediator of the Relationship Between Computer-Mediated
Communication and Risky Sexual Behaviours Among
Engineering Students in Nigeria,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 13,Issue 20,
    2018,
    Pages 8409-8413,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2018.8409.8413,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.8409.8413)
    Abstract: The interaction effect of gender on computer-mediated communication and risky sexual behaviours seems to have been neglected. The current study sought to determine how gender mediate the relationship between computer-mediated communication and risky sexual behaviours among engineering students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (N = 830) expost facto design. Two instruments, namely; Student’s Use of Computer-Mediated Communication (SAUCMCQ) and Student’s Risky Sexual Behaviours Questionnaire (SARSBQ) were used for data collection in the study. The data collected were analysed using hierarchical multiple regression. The results indicated that the gender significantly mediates the relationship between computer-mediated communication and risky sexual behaviour among engineering students.
    Keywords: Gender;mediator;computer-mediated communication;risky sexual;risky sexual behaviours;engineering students