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Impact Of Broken Home On Academic Performance And Psychosocial Adjustment Of Secondary School Students
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1.7 Scope of the Study
This
study will be carried out at Kosofe Local Government in Lagos State,
which is located in South West region of Nigeria in West Africa. The
study will be limited to Senior Secondary school students (SSS II) in
selected schools in Kosofe Local Government.
1.8 Operational Definition of Terms
The following terms used in the study, have been operationally defined:
Academic Performance: This is how pupils are ranked in terms of educational achievement.
Family: It is a social unit made up of people related to each other by blood, birth or marriage.
Adjustment: A small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result.
Impact:
This means to have a powerful effect on something or someone. It can
also refer to a force that drives someone into behaving in a certain
way. \
Adolescence: The transitional period between puberty and
adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years and
terminating legally when the age of majority is reached.
Broken
Home: A family in which the parents are divorced or separated.
Psychosocial adjustment can be defined as the adaptive task of managing
upsetting feelings and frustrations and preserving an emotional balance.
Marriage:
Marriage is the approved social pattern whereby two people establish a
family. In another point of view, marriage is a legally and socially
sanctioned union between a man and a woman that is regulated by laws,
rules, customs, beliefs and attitude that prescribe the rights and
duties of the parents.
Nuclear Family: The nuclear family is a small
unit consisting of a man, his wife and unmarried children. In the
nuclear household the parents are sole authorities and emotional
relations among family members are concentrated and intense.
Intact families: Refer to families in which both biological parents are present in the home
A home: The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
Academic
Performance: This could be seen as students reporting of past semester
CGPA/GPA and their expected GPA for the current semester
Psychosocial
Adjustment: This is the psychological and social aspect of a child’s
behavior which has been affected by his/her environment
Gender: This is the differentiation between male creatures from female ones biologically.
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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---
