RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorATIKU, Saadatu
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-10T09:31:13Z
dc.date.available2018-09-10T09:31:13Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULIFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study employed correlation design in investigating the relationship among physical and psychological abuse, social adjustment and academic performance of primary school pupils in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The population of this study was made up of 8,002 Primary Five (5) pupils selected from Six (6) public schools. A total of 377 abused pupils were sampled using proportionate sampling technique and used for the study. Three (3) instruments namely, Physical Abuse Questionnaire (PAQ), Psychological Abuse Questionnaire (PAq) and Social Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ) were adopted and used for the study. The Data Collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test, all these were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings reveals that significant relationship existed between physical and social adjustment of abused pupils ( P = 0.001), significant relationship existed between physical abuse and academic performance of abused pupils ( P = 0.001), significant relationship existed between psychological abuse and social adjustment of abused pupils ( P = 0.001), significant relationship existed between psychological abused and academic performance of abuse pupils ( P = 0.028). Significant difference existed between physically and psychologically abused pupils on their social adjustment ( P = 0.004) and also significant differences existed between physically and psychologically abused pupils in their academic performance ( P = 0027). Base on the findings of this study, it was recommended that psychologists, counselors, teachers and head teachers, as well as parents should be sensitized through workshop, seminar, and conferences on the negative effect of physical and psychological abuse, on social adjustment and academic performance among the primary school pupils in order to boost their moral, socially and cognitive development in schoolsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10346
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRELATIONSHIPS,en_US
dc.subjectPHYSICAL,en_US
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE,en_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT,en_US
dc.subjectACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleRELATIONSHIPS AMONG PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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