THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Violence among secondary school students occurs all throughout the world. Among all secondary school difficulties, none is more debilitating than violence since it affects both the perpetrator and the victim. Violence is a pattern of behavior in which one individual is chosen as the target of hostility by one or more others; the targeted individual (the victim) usually has less power than those who engage in violence (Baron & Bryne, 2015). According to Paszkiewicz (2010), school violence is the use of physical force to harm, abuse, damage, or destroy a child.

Domestic violence, according to Ganley (1989), comprises physical violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse, and abuse of property and pets. Exposure to various types of violence, he claims, has a high potential for being seen as a danger to victims' lives, making them feel weak, powerless, and, in extreme situations, appalled. Bodily violence, according to Dutton (1992), is any action that involves the purposeful use of force against another person's body and may result in physical hurt, injury, and/or discomfort. Pushing, striking, slapping, smothering, using an item to strike, twisting a section of the body, forcing the consumption of an undesired drug, and employing a weapon are all examples of this. Sexual abuse is defined by Dutton (1994) as any unwanted sexual intimacy imposed on an individual by another.

Domestic violence, according to Straus and Gelles (1990), is pervasive and affects all social and economic categories. According to a national survey of over 6,000 American families, between 53% and 70% of aggressive fathers also mistreat their children. Domestic violence is one of the least reported crimes in the United States, with the Department of Justice estimating in 1998 that between 960000 and four million domestic events occurred each year.

According to Justice Department statistics from 1994, over 92 percent of domestic violence charges involved women. Wopadovi (women against domestic violence) Domestic violence affects many Nigerian families in 2014 and, sadly, is on the rise in our culture. Domestic violence has harmed, handicapped, and murdered many individuals, the great majority of them are women. Following recent events in which domestic violence has become frequent and the deaths of spouses and lovers as a result of domestic violence are reported on a daily basis, it has become a top priority to make domestic violence a threat that must be handled. As quickly as possible, face.  Domestic violence, according to Wopadovi, disregards class and social education standards. According to Wikipedia (2004), domestic violence is a concern in many countries of Africa. In Nigeria, there is a profound cultural notion that beating a woman to chastise her spouse is socially acceptable.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Despite the fact that domestic violence is now acknowledged as one of the most entrenched and common types of violence in Nigeria, its impact on pupils has not gotten the same amount of attention (Tony, 2002). As a result of physical, verbal, psychological, and other types of abuse, children who are victims or witnesses to domestic violence may suffer physical, psychological, and behavioral issues. This can have an impact on their school involvement because they may attend to school when they are too terrified to study, and many of them may lag behind in class or in life as a result of their exposure to domestic violence (Wathen, 2003). Domestic violence's short- and long-term mental and physical consequences can have an impact on children' school attendance, success, and behavioral patterns in school, as well as their involvement in the classroom. It is unknown how different types and levels of domestic abuse effect student success and involvement in school.

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The primary objective of this study is to examine the impact of domestic violence on students academic performance. Other specific objectives of this study are:

i.          To examine the factors that cause domestic violence on students

ii.        To examine the extent of domestic violence on students

iii.      To determine the various forms of domestic violence carried out on students

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

This research will answer the following research questions

i.          What are the factors that cause domestic violence on students?

ii.        To what extent is domestic violence carried out on students?

iii.      What are the various forms of domestic violence carried out on students?

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This research will be greatly significant to the academic world as it will show the effects of domestic violence on students academic performance thus enabling them to make policies that will address this issue. This study will also be beneficial to the society as it will reveal the damages of domestic violence on students.

Finally, this research will be beneficial to scholars and researchers as it will serve as an added material on this topic for further research and future reference.

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

This study is on the impact of domestic violence on students academic performance. Specifically, it will focus on examining the factors that cause domestic violence on students, examining the extent of domestic violence on students and the various forms of domestic violence carried out on students.

 Students of Uyo High School, Uyo will serve as enrolled participants for the survey.

1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

This study is limited to the impact of domestic violence on students academic performance. Specifically, it will be limited to examining the factors that cause domestic violence on students, examining the extent of domestic violence on students and the various forms of domestic violence carried out on students.

 Students of Uyo High School, Uyo will serve as enrolled participants for the survey. This serves as a limitation to this study as the results of this study cannot be used anywhere else unless further research is carried out.

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Impact: a marked effect or influence

Domestic violence: Domestic violence is any act of physical, mental or sexual violence, and any attempted such violence, as well as the forcible restriction of individual freedom and of privacy, carried out against individuals who have or have had family or kinship ties or cohabit or dwell in the same home.

Academic performance: the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has attained their short or long-term educational goals. Completion of educational benchmarks such as secondary school diplomas and bachelor's degrees represent academic achievement.

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