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Home Variable And Mal-adjusted Behavior Among Adolescents
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1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The questions guide the study
1.
Is there any relationship between home type and maladjusted behaviour
among adolescents in Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State?
2.
What will be the relationship between child-rearing approach and
maladjusted behaviour among adolescents in Isolo Local Government Area
of Lagos State?
3. Does any relationship exist between family size and maladjusted behaviour?
4.
Would there be a significant relationship between socio-economics
status of parents and maladjusted behaviour among adolescent in Isolo
Local Government Area of Lagos State?
5. Does family relationship coverlates with maladjusted behaviour among adolescent Local Area of Lagos State?.
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
There hypotheses guided the study:
1.
There will be no significant relationship between home type and
maladjusted behaviour among adolescents in Isolo Lcoal government Area
of Lagos State.
2. There will be no significant relationship
between child-rearing approach and maladjusted behaviour among
adolescents in Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State.
3. There
will be no significant relationship between family size and maladjusted
behaviour among adolescents from Isolo Local Government Aread of Lagos
State.
4. Socio-economic status of parents will not be
significantly correlated with maladjustment among adolescents in Isolo
Local Government Area of Lagos State.
5. Family relationship
will not be significant correlated with maladjustment among adolescents
in Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The
outcome fo this study will be of great benefit to the home, the school
system, the teachers, the counselors and parents as well as the society
at large.
The study will highlight the role played by the home in the
development of maladjusted behaviour among adolescents. Thus, equipping
the home to play her proper roles to enhance positive behavioural
development.
Also, it will identify how to enhance parents-child relationship thereby developing adjusted behaviours among adolescents.
The
school will benefit form the study because it will highlight the roles
of the school in assisting students from different homes especially
those with maladjusted behaviour. It will help the school counselor to
ascertain where, when and how to assist adolescents unlearn their
maladjusted behvaiour and put up healthy behvaiour.
Above all, the
society will see the need to be upright in their behaviour because
adolescent model these maladjusted behaviours from members of the
society.
1.8 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study covers home variables
and maladjusted behaviours. The home variables of interest to the
researcher are the home type, child rearing approach, family size,
socio-economic status of parent and family relationship.
1.9 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This
study is limited to adolescents in Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos
State. However, the study takes a global view of issue investigated.
1.10 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.
Home variable: These are factors associated directly with the home.
Home variables are many among which are home type, family size,
birth-order, parenting style, e.t.c. most studies have linked
personality development to variables present in the home.
2.
Mal-adjusted behaviour: This sis a form of behaviour which is believed
to fall short of the standard of the society. In other word maladjusted
behaviour is that behaviour which does not conform to the established
culture of a society.
Among adolescents, these behaviours include
sexual deviance, violence and criminality, drug addiction, delinquency,
lawlessness, examination malpractice e.t.c.
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