BROKEN HOMES, SINGLE PARENTING AND PROMISCUITY AS CORRELATES OF SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ONDO WEST

Ajagbe, S. W. (Phd), Molokwu, A. N. (Phd), Yekinni, L. O., Bakare, M. T. & Okunlade, K. A.

ABSTRACT

There is no gain saying that parents’ values and the aims through which the socialize their children are critical determiners of the parenting behaviours. These aims of socialization include searching the acquisition in children with specific abilities and behaviours such as appropriate attitudes, social abilities, academic ability etc. Although these aims and values have a direct effect on parenting behavior, the aims, only through these behaviours, can influence on the child development. This study therefore examines the correlations between broken homes, single parenting and promiscuity on school adjustment of secondary school students in Ondo West. Descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. The design is considered appropriate for this study because it involved a systematic description of existing broken homes, single parenting and promiscuity as correlates of school adjustment of secondary school students and the study made no attempt to manipulate any of the variables. However, the population for this study was made up of all secondary school students in Ondo West of Ondo State, Nigeria. The sample for the study comprised one hundred (100) students in Ondo West of Ondo State, Nigeria. A multi stage sampling procedure was adopted in the selection of schools in Ondo West Local Government. For the instrument to gather information, The School Adjustment Test (SAT) and Self-Designed Questionnaire was adopted for the study. The results from the study show that that there is significant relationship between broken homes and school adjustment of secondary school students. It was recommended among others that Counsellors must wake up to their duties of providing robust counselling services to all and sundry and especially students identified to be at risks of psychological challenges

Keywords: Broken Homes, Single Parenting, Promiscuity, School Adjustment, Secondary School Students