Family Emotional Climate, Domestic Violence and Bullying among Secondary School Students in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State
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Family Emotional Climate, Domestic Violence, BullyingAbstract
The study investigated the influence of family emotional climate, domestic violence on bullying among secondary school students in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. 3 research questions and 3 null hypotheses guided the study. The research design used for the study is the correlational survey design. The population consisted of 2,503students in all the secondary schools (SS) in Ughelli South L.G.A of Delta State. A sample size of 250 students selected from five (5) secondary schools using simple random sampling technique for the study, the sample size represents 10% of the population. The instrument used to gather data for this study was an adapted questionnaire titled “Family Emotional Climate, Domestic Violence and Bullying among secondary school students. Two experts in the field of Guidance and Counselling validated the instruments and a reliability coefficient of 0.89 using Cronbach alpha statistics was established. Mean, standard deviation and correlation were used to answer research question 1 -3, while hypothesis 1-3 were tested using regression statistics. This research finding revealed that there was a positive relationship among family emotional climate, domestic violence, sex and bullying of secondary school students. It was on the other hand recommended among others that schools should arrange awareness programmes to sensitize students on the risk of bullying, healthy family relationships should be encouraged among secondary school students and their parents which could positively affect student’s behavior and school performance.
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