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" Depression and Social Skill as Predictors of Internally Displaced Children’S Social Adjustment in North-East, Nigeria "
Mohammed, Mohammed Biri
Usman, Saad
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1105924
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TLpq2349665399
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Mohammed, Mohammed Biri
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Usman, Saad
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Depression and Social Skill as Predictors of Internally Displaced Children’S Social Adjustment in North-East, Nigeria\ Mohammed, Mohammed BiriUsman, Saad
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Kwara State University (Nigeria)
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2019
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2019
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M.Sc.
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93
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The internally displaced children, just like other humans, are individuals with profound need to connect with others and gain acceptance into social groups. These are children that have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence and the problem has in recent years become a global concern with its implications. It is against this background that the researcher examined depression and social skill as predictors of internally displaced children social adjustment in North-East, Nigeria. Specifically the study examined levels of depression, level of social skill, level of social adjustment of internally displaced children, relationship between depression and social adjustment of the internally displaced children in North-East, Nigeria, relationship between social skill and social adjustment of internally displaced children, and relationship among depression, social skill and social adjustment of internally displaced children in North-East, Nigeria in which two hypothesis were raised and tested. Descriptive research of correlational type was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of all internally displaced children in internally displaced camps in North-East Nigeria. The sample drawn for this study was 523 respondents. Purposive sampling technique was used to select three states with internally displaced camps in North-East Nigeria. Self-structured questionnaire which was validated by experts in the field of early childhood education, Test, measurement and evaluation was used as an instrument for data collection. Frequency count and percentage was used to analyze demographic information of the respondents. Mean was used to answer the research question and multiple regression, was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the findings revealed that the level of depression of internally displaced children in North-East, Nigeria was high (2.58); the level of social skill of internally displaced children in North-East Nigeria was low (1.39); the level of social adjustment of internally displaced children in North-East Nigeria was low (1.44); there was negative relationship between social adjustment and depression (R=-126);the relationship between social adjustment and social skill was quite positive (R= + 386); Depression and Social skill were significant in their composite contribution to the prediction of social adjustment of internally displaced children in North-East Nigeria(F (2; 522) = 50.554; R = .403, R2 = .163, Adj. R2 = .160; P < 0.05). The predictor variables (depression and social skill) were significant in their relative contribution to the criterion variable (social adjustment) with social skill having a higher significant contribution to the criterion variable (Social skill: β = .383, P < .05; depression: β = -.118, P < .05) It was recommended that mechanisms should be instituted to increase internally displaced children's exposure to and involvement with the camp environment; internally displaced camp management should endeavor to remove all kinds of barriers that prevent the displaced children from fully participating and engaging in the social interactions; government and authorities of internally displaced camps should assist the children in identifying and addressing potential barriers to social adjustment.
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Early childhood education
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