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Domestic Violence Against Women And Its Impacts On Children's Development
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1.4 Aims and Objectives of Study
The
primary objective of this study is to investigate into domestic
violence against women and its impact on children’s development.
Specifically, to:
Assess how the psychology of a child is impacted upon by domestic violence in the family.
Investigate the various forms of domestic violence women experience.
Examine the academic consequences of domestic violence against women on a child.
1.5 Hypotheses
The study developed for testing the following null hypotheses:
H01: There is no significant relationship between domestic violence and child’s negative psychological change.
H02: There is no significant relationship between domestic violence and child’s poor academic performance.
1.6 Significance
This
study investigate into domestic violence against women and its impact
on children’s development on domestic violence against women on
children’s development will bring to the notice of the populace the
various forms of domestic violence women are exposed to in the society.
The study will also help both governmental and non-governmental
organizations to identify these abused families and children, develop
strategies to combat domestic violence, and encourage socially inclusive
intervention mechanisms in poor neighborhoods. The study will also be
of immense benefit to the policy makers to make laws that will prevent
such abuses on women and provide a stiff punishment for victims who
abuse women. The study further will serve as a reference material to
scholars, researcher and students who may carry out further research in
this topic or related domain.
1.7 Scope of the Study
This study
focuses on investigating into domestic violence against women and its
impact on children’s development. It accessed how the psychology of a
child is impacted upon by domestic violence in the family, the various
forms of domestic violence women experience and the academic
consequences of domestic violence against women on a child. The
residents of Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State will be
used as the focus of the study.
1.8 Definition of Concepts
Violence: Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy.
Domestic Violence: Domestic violence is violence or other abuse in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.
Impact: the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.
Child
abuse: This consists of anything, which individuals, institutions or
processes do or fail to do which directly or indirectly harms children
or damages their prospects of safe and healthy development into
adulthood.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out to examine domestic violence against women and its impact on children development using Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State as case study. Specifically, the study examined how the psychology of a child is impacted upon by domestic violence in the family, investigate the various forms of domestic violence women experience, and examine the academic consequences of domestic violence against women on a child. The study employed the survey descriptive research d ... Continue reading---
