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Child Abuse Tendencies and Academic Achievement of Junior Secondary School Students in Cross River State of Nigeria

Margaret Enyia FerdinandAcademic Doctor, Department of Primary Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, NigeriaUndie Josephine UshinyinDepartment of Early Childhood Care and Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, Cross River State, NigeriaEwa Gegbazi MosesAcademic Doctor, Department of Primary Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, Nigeria

Vol 7 No 5 (2023): Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2023 | Pages: 69-76

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 11-05-2023

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Abstract

The study examined child abuse tendencies and academic achievement of Junior Secondary School Students in Cross River State, Nigeria. Three (3) research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study, and relevant literature was reviewed. An ex-post facto research design was adopted, which made use of a sample of 2,940 JSS3 students spread across three (3) educational zones (Calabar, Ikom and Ogoja). Three (3) research instruments namely; Child Abuse Tendencies Questionnaire (CATQ), an oral interview with students identified to have been abused, in addition to Pre and Post-text cognitive ability test (PAPCAT) were adopted for the research. The data analysis technique used independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha levels, and the result revealed that all the variables showed high or moderate significant influence on the academic achievement of the subjects. It was recommended that parents, teachers/caregivers and guidance involved in child abuse should be sanctioned in line with the child right act.

Keywords

Child, Abuse tendencies, Academic achievement, junior Secondary Students


Citation of this Article

Margaret Enyia Ferdinand, Undie Josephine Ushinyin, Ewa Gegbazi Moses, “Child Abuse Tendencies and Academic Achievement of Junior Secondary School Students in Cross River State of Nigeria” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 5, pp 69-76, May 2023. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.705008

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