ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LLORIN METROPOLIS TOWARDS WIFE BATTERING

Implications for Counselling

This study has several implications for counselling. The home is the cradle of the society. As revealed in this study, children who come from unhappy homes where wife battering is a daily occurrence tend to see wife battering as the best way to resolve a marital conflict. To this end it becomes imperative that counsellors should mount enlightenment campaigns in the form of marriage enrichment programmes and conflict resolution seminars among others. These programmes should be geared toward teaching parents the best ways to resolve their conflicts and at the same-time letting-them know the negative effects of marital violence (delinquencies, crime, drug addiction e.t.c.) on their children.

In conclusion, it has been observed that social norms, experiences and individual choice are all contributing factors propensity toward violence. Thus, if wife battering is to be eradicated or at least minimized, then educational and psychotherapeutic interventions should be mounted on many levels. This calls for the training of more counsellors to enable them provide services to all sectors of the Nigerian populace.
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