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Influence Of Domestic Violence And Broken Homes On Adolescents’ Academic Performance
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
As young people attain
adolescence, their responses to living with domestic violence are more
likely to attract a mental health diagnosis or a label of delinquency.
It is observed that feelings that would characterise young people living
with domestic violence are largely a feeling of fear, sadness and
loneliness, including suicidal feelings.
The adverse effect of
domestic violence is very much widespread that children raise in such
homes are vulnerable of growing up to become armed robbers as seen in
the example of the recently arrested robbery kingpin, Abiodun Ogunjobi,
a.k.a. Godogodo. The Vanguard newspaper reports:
“The infamous
robbery czar from South-West, Abiodun Ogunjobi, a.k.a., Godogodo, has
revealed that lack of parental care was one of the main reasons why he
became a deadly robber. Godogodo was responsible for terrorising the
zone for over 14 years; he was in charge of most bank robberies and
other deadly operations. On August 6, 2013, in an interview at the state
Police Command headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, he confessed that his
parents abandoned him at an early age to fend for himself after series
of violence in the homeâ€.
There is a global awareness of the
Importance of the home environment on students’ academic performance. In
Nigeria, most home are not intact as a result of issues of
incompatibility of the couples, incessant violence leading to
separation, divorce, death of a parent and the quest for the oversea
trips to make more money, and at times marital infidelity. This has
resulted in the separation of couples and children. In some states in
the federation, this is quite clear, in that most young ladies abandon
their homes, and embark on oversea trips with a view to making money.
Some men who travel abroad, abandon their homes and would not
communicate with the families back-home so children from such homes are
in dilemma, especially in schools.
Moreover, a single parent faces
doubled responsibilities requiring time, attention and money of the
parent. Hence, less attention is paid to the education of the child. The
teachers commonly describe children from broken homes as more hostile,
aggressive, anxious, fearful, hyperactive and distractive than children
from intact family (Tenibiaje, 2011).
In order to ensure that their
children acquire appropriate and balanced social, psychological, moral
and academic development; both father and mother have indispensable and
unique responsibility for the psychological, educational and career
development of their children. However, the advent of broken homes have
distorted these complementary roles. This has in turn impacted adversely
on the total upbringing of the children including their psycho
well-being and educational performance. It is against this backdrop that
this study seeks to investigate the influence of domestic violence and
broken homes on adolescents’ academic performance.
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