Open Access Location of Mothers and Child Rearing Practices as a Predictor to Juvenile Delinquency Among Primary School Pupils in Borno State, Nigeria

Naomi N. Adamu
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Naomi N. Adamu: Taraba State University, Nigeria

Research Journal of Education, 2019, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: This study surveyed Location of mothers and child rearing practices as a predictor to juvenile delinquency among primary school pupils in Borno state, Nigeria. The differences between child rearing practice among urban and rural mothers and the nature of delinquencies associated with children of mothers from the different locations were determined. The population of the study was all mothers of delinquent primary school pupils in rural and urban areas of Borno State, Nigeria and their delinquent children. Data was collected from eight hundred mothers in both rural and urban areas and the teachers of their delinquent children. Stratified purposive sampling was used to select the sample. Self-made instrument consisting of 55 items questionnaire and 26 items child delinquency rating scale with Alpha reliability index of 0.89 and 0.93 respectively were used to collect data for the study. Descriptive statistic (simple percentage, mean and standard deviation) and standard step wise multiple regression at alpha level of p

Keywords: Location of mothers; Rural mothers; Urban mothers; Predictor; Juvenile delinquency; Academic related delinquency; Personal social related delinquency; Physical related delinquency. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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