The Influence of Child Abuse on the Social Adjustment of Pupils in Primary Schools

The Influence of Child Abuse on the Social Adjustment of Pupils in Primary Schools

Content Structure of The Influence of Child Abuse on the Social Adjustment of Pupils in Primary Schools

• The abstract contains the research problem, the objectives, methodology, results, and recommendations
• Chapter one of this thesis or project materials contains the background to the study, the research problem, the research questions, research objectives, research hypotheses, significance of the study, the scope of the study, organization of the study, and the operational definition of terms.
• Chapter two contains relevant literature on the issue under investigation. The chapter is divided into five parts which are the conceptual review, theoretical review, empirical review, conceptual framework, and gaps in research
• Chapter three contains the research design, study area, population, sample size and sampling technique, validity, reliability, source of data, operationalization of variables, research models, and data analysis method
• Chapter four contains the data analysis and the discussion of the findings
• Chapter five contains the summary of findings, conclusions, recommendations, contributions to knowledge, and recommendations for further studies.
• References: The references are in APA
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Abstract of The Influence of Child Abuse on the Social Adjustment of Pupils in Primary Schools

The study examined the influence of child abuse on the social adjustment of children in primary schools in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, some relevant and extensive literatures were review under relevant sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used to assess the respondents; opinions using the questionnaire and the sampling technique. In this study, 120 (one hundred and twenty) respondents were selected and used as samples to represent the population of the study.

A total of four (4) null hypotheses were formulated and tested in this study. Also, the independent t-test statistical tool was used to test and analyses the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.

At the end of the exercise, the following results were obtained:

1. There is a significant difference between the family background of children who are abused and those who are not abused.
2. There is a significant difference between the social adjustment of children abused and those not abused.
3. There is a significant difference between the academic performance of children who are abused and those who are not.
4. Finally, there is a significant difference between the abuse of children who come from high socio-economic home and those who come from low socio-economic homes.

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