Investigation Of The Psychological Effect Of Rape On Adolescent

This study was carried out to examine the psychological effect of rape on adolescent using Calabar local government in Cross River State as a case study. The study  was specifically carried out to examine the prevalence of rape among adolescent in Nigeria, identify the causes of rape incidence among adolescent in Nigeria, and analyze the impact of rape on the psychological well being of adolescent in Nigeria.

The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of adolescent residents in Calabar local government in Cross River State. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 200 respondents and 150 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection.

The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. While the hypotheses were tested using Chi-square statistical tool. The result of the findings reveals that the prevalence of rape among adolescent in Nigeria is high. Furthermore, the findings showed that rape has a negative impact on the psychological well being of adolescent in Nigeria at it causes anguish, anxiety, fear, emotional trauma, depression, and stigmatization. Therefore, it is recommended that for the fight against rape to be won, every perpetrator of rape should be exposed and made to take full responsibility for his or her actions. Under no circumstance should such a one be shielded or protected by parents, teachers, religious institutions, non-governmental organizations, governments or the media. All Nigerians must rise up in condemnation of this social epidemic. To mention but a few.