Family Dynamics as Correlate of In-School Adolescents Academic and Social Adjustment

Counselling Implications in Owerri Municipal Council

Abstract

The present study investigated the variables in family dynamics, aligning to academic adjustment and social adjustment of in-school adolescents. The title of and purpose of the study is to determine family dynamics as correlate of in-school adolescents academic and social adjustment in Owerri municipal council. The researcher raised two research questions and formulated subsequently two hypotheses. The design of the study is a correlational survey design from a population of 19,575 in-school adolescents across eleven public secondary schools a sample of 387 in-school adolescents using multistage simple random selection process. Two instruments with reliability coefficients of 0.8 for FACEC and 0.74 guided the study. Data collected were duly analyzed in time with statistical applications revealing the magnitude and direction of the relation among family dynamics, academic adjustment and social adjustment. The findings were that there was a strong relationship between family dynamics, academic adjustment and social adjustment. The implication of this findings are that poor parenting may diffuse the cohesion existing in families hence the researcher recommended that parents should support the emotional, academic, social and physical needs of their children to form a strong bond fairly extending to their old age.