IMPACT OF FAMILY STRUCTURE ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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2012-10
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SALISU, HALIMA MOHAMMED
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The role of family structure can not be over emphasized on the social and emotional behaviors of adolescents which have a great influence on their educational and physical attainment. The adolescence period is the transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. Parents have the task of directing the behavioral development of adolescents towards the desired normative emotional and socially valued goals. Therefore the aim of this study was to determine how the family structure affects the social and emotional behavior of adolescent students. A total of 370 adolescents were selected from 12 senior secondary schools in 3 senatorial districts of Kaduna State. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 370 samples from 6963 students in public senior secondary schools, questionnaire and students affective/psychomotor records were used for the collection of data from the students and their teachers. Descriptive statistical analysis was used for analyzing the research questions. While ttest statistics was used for testing the null hypotheses 1- 4 at 0.05 level significant and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient for testing the relationship between the emotional and social behavior and psychomotor domain scored by their teachers. The results of this study showed that the family structure of the adolescents influenced their social and emotional behavior; Adolescents from single parent families and those from dual parent families differed significantly in the social and emotional behavior. It was also observed that adolescent from single mother families emotional and social behavior was significantly different from adolescents from single-father families. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the father and mother should stay together for good upbringing of their children. Key words: adolescents, emotional, social , behavior, family structure .
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE WARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS (FAMILY AND CHILDDEVELOPMENT) DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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IMPACT, FAMILY, STRUCTURE, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIOR, ADOLESCENTS, SENIOR, SECONDARY, SCHOOLS,, KADUNA, STATE,, NIGERIA
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