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  Students' intention and school programs as predictors toward health-risk behaviors

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2007-02) Sabari, Jeannie Adelaida

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  This study assessed the predictors toward students, intention on health. This study also investigated the predictors toward reported students, health-risk behaviors. The Predictors of Students, Intent.ion Being male or a non-sDA student tended to increase intention to engage in health-risk behaviors and increase intention to exercise and eat vegetables and fruits. students staying with guardians tended to have.higher intention to engage in drug use (cigarettes, a1coho1, and illegaI drugs). Higher grade students had stronger intention to engage in iI1ega1 drugs and sex related behavior. The longer the students studied in the schools, the more their intention towards sex related behaviors decreased. Classes (Bible, science, social science, PE) tended to decrease student intention to engage in health-risk behaviors. Chapel programs tended to increase student intention to engage in exercise and to avoid alcohol. Pathfinder programs j-ncreased student intentj-on toward exercising and eating breakfast, whiLe prA only increased intention toward drinking water. The Predictors of Health-Ris/r gehaviors Demographic variables. Being a male student made it more likeIy to get involved in using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs. They were more likely to exercise, drink watex, be absent due to feeling unsafe, and were more likery to get involved in fights than females. Being a non-sDA student increased the likelihood of getting involved in using cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, eating snacks, and dri.nking less soft drinks than sDA students. Higher grade students more 1ikely had initiated the use of alcohol later than lower grade studlnts. Furthermore, they exercised less than lower grade students. Students staying with their father more like1y had initiated using cigarettes and iIIegaI drugs later than students staying with both parents. Students staying alone tended to use drugs more often than those staying with both parents. School programs. Chapel programs tended to influence students to drink water, to eat snacks, to prevent absences due to feeling unsafe, and avoid getting invorved in sex rerated behaviors. Pathfinder programs tended to increase smoking and eatj-ng snacks. classes did not show any effect on students' health-risk behaviors. rntention. The more positive the students, attitude, the less they were involved in drinking alcohol and sex related behaviors. The more positive the students, attitude the more regular they ate breakfast and ate five servings of vegetables and fruits, and drank seven to eight glasses of water per day. However, they drank more soft drinks. The subjective norm tended to help students stay away from smoking, violence, using drugs, and sex related behavior. They tended to exerci.se more. perceived behavioral control tended to decrease snackj-ng, and increase exercising and drinking soft drinks.

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  The Use of the concept and the need for sacrifice in Yoruba traditional religion to formulate contextual theology on sacrifice in biblical atonement

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2007-01) Olanrewaju, Joseph Adeyinka

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  This dissertation explores how the concept of sacrifice in Yoruba Traditional Religion (YTR) can be used to formulate contextual theology on biblical atonement. It employs the method of critical contextualization proposed by Paul Hilbert. The study shows the relevance of YTR and the elements of belief on sacrifice relevant to both Yoruba and biblical atonement. It also identifies the elements in YTR having similarities with certain biblical teachings: namely, (1) substitution, focusing on deliverance from transferable death in YTR and eternal death in biblical teaching; (2) propitiation, emphasing the freedom from the wrath of higher beings; (3) victory, emphasizing the Orisa's victory over the Ajogun in YTR and Christ's victory over Satan; (4) supreme sacrifice in YTR, reflecting the uniqueness of Christ's sacrifice in the blblical teaching; (5) communion, emphasizing fellowship in both YTR and in the biblical teaching; and (6) prayer, as a means of communication with higher beings in both YTR and the biblical teaching. The study also identifies the erements in YTR which are opposed to biblical teaching such as (1) sacrificing to the spirits, and (2) the sacrificing of unclean animals. While non-compatible elements in YTR were considered unsuitable for contextual theology, compatible elements have been used on atonement in the Yoruba context as follows: 1. The biblicaI idea of substitution is taught, by using incurable sickness in YTR as a metaphor for sin and transferable death in YTR as a reflection of eternal death borne and overcome by Chrlst's substitutionary death. 2. The biblical idea of propitiation is taught, by showing the wrath of the Yoruba divinities as a dim reflection of God's legitimate displeasure against sin, but which is averted by Christ's propitiatory death. 3. The biblical idea of victory is taught, by showing the Orisa's victory over the Ajogun. This is a reflection of the victory of Christ over Satan, resulting in an authentic and lasting victory over demons 4. Lastly, the biblical idea of the sufficient once-for-all-sacrifice of Christ is taught, by using the idea of a supreme sacrifice in YTR as a reflection of the uniqueness of Christ's sacrifice, which affords man the benefits of atonement, communion and prayer.

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