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Impact Of Broken Home On Academic Performance And Psychosocial Adjustment Of Secondary School Students
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1.4 Research Questions
In order to realize the above objectives, the following research questions were raised.
1. To what extent will broken home impact students’ academic performance?
2. What is the diffidence between students from broken homes and their peers from impact homes in academic performance?
3. To extent do broken homes impact students’ psychosocial adjustment?
4. What is the gender of broken home on students’ psychosocial adjustment?
1.5 Research Hypotheses
1. There is no significant impact of broken homes and students’ academic performance
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There will be no significant impact of student from broken homes and
their peers from intact homes in their academic performance.
3. There will be no significant impact of broken homes and students’ psychosocial adjustment
4. There will be no significant gender impact of broken home on psychosocial adjustment.
1.6 Significant of the Study
The
study will assist teachers, counsellors, child psychologists and
administrators to have a better understanding of the factors that affect
secondary school students from broken homes in relationship with their
academic performance and psychosocial adjustment, so that they can
better appreciate the behaviours and attitudes of the children they
teach or counsel.
More also, children in broken homes would be
limited due to the awareness cut across by the impact of broken homes on
children psychosocial and academic performance. This knowledge will put
them in a good stead to help and add value to the life of these
adolescents. It is also hoped that the result of this study will help
practitioners to develop appropriate counselling techniques and
programmes which if implemented will decelerate the speed at which
broken homes is increasing; seeing that broken homes does not lend
itself to the balanced moral, emotional, physical, social and
educational development of children of such background.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the impact of broken homes on academic performance and psychosocial adjustment of secondary school students in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State. The descriptive survey design was used in this study. The research instrument used for this study was a questionnaire tagged (BHAP) which was adapted by the researcher. The population of this study covered the teachers in selected secondary schools at Kosofe Local Government, area Lagos State where data was collected using ... Continue reading---
