EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ON FAMILY RELATIONSHIP IN NASARAWA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorARENSON, ANDA, SUSAN.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-31T09:30:28Z
dc.date.available2014-03-31T09:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2011-07
dc.descriptionDEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine the effects of communication strategies on family relationship in Nasarawa State. Three research objectives were raised, among which was to; determine communication strategies used in husband/wife subsystem of the families. Three null hypotheses and three assumptions were raised. The study used descriptive survey method of design. The instruments used to collect information from respondents were interview and questionnaire. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using frequencies and percentage for demographic variables, frequencies, mean and standard deviation for research questions, while Pearson, Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to measure the correlation between communication strategies used in husband/wife subsystem, parent/children subsystem and children/children subsystem and their relationships. The three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed from the tested null hypotheses that there exists a significant correlation between communication strategies used in all the subsystems and their relationships. The three null hypotheses were therefore rejected. The results of the findings revealed that in the husband wife subsystem of the families, the communication strategy used by majority of couples in Nasarawa State that they talk down on each other because of the familiarity they have for one another, in the parent/children subsystem of the families, it was found that parents do not spend quality time with their children, and in the children/children subsystem of the families it was revealed that the children, that is the older ones tease the younger ones in their communication. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that family members should embark on effective communication so as to lessen cases of crises and tensions in the family so as to strengthen family relationship.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4458
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEFFECTS,en_US
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION,en_US
dc.subjectSTRATEGIES,en_US
dc.subjectFAMILY,en_US
dc.subjectRELATIONSHIP,en_US
dc.subjectNASARAWA,en_US
dc.subjectSTATE.en_US
dc.titleEFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ON FAMILY RELATIONSHIP IN NASARAWA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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