Implication of Mother’s Depression on Educational Development of Internally displaced Nigerian Children

This study examined the implication of the mother’s depression on educational development of the internally displaced children in four states in Nigeria. Correlational survey method was used to randomly sample 959 women and 706 children who were seeking refuge at IDP camps located in each of the four states participated in the study. Zung Depression Self-Rating Scale (1965) and numerical, verbal and visual reasoning tests developed by Bareet (2004) were used to measure mother’s depression and educational development of the children respectively. Pearson correlation was used to determine the relationship among the variables of study. Results show that, there was a negative correlation between the age of the mothers and sex of the children; a negative relationship existed between the age of the mother and their educational background; it further revealed that positive relationships were found between the mothers’ depression and educational background of the children; sex of the children correlated negatively and significantly with the mothers’ depression and, mothers’ depression was significantly related to numerical, verbal and visual reasoning tests. The study concluded that displacement has a capacity to provoke fear, helplessness, depression or awfulness in response to the threat of injury, molestation or death and affecting the fundamental care for the children educationally by their mothers.Key Words: Mother’s depression, educational development internally displaced, women, children, Nigeri

Family and antisocial behaviour among adolescents in Nasarawa: examining their relationships

Cases of violence by youths in Nigeria are on the increase. As the first and very important agent of socialization, the family is usually where questions on children’s behavioural manifestations are directed. A lot of emphasis is placed on the importance of a healthy parental cohesion and unity/disunity and child outcome. This work examined the relationship between the family and adolescent’s antisocial behaviour. Various studies on parenting and children’s behavioural outcome were reviewed. Participants N=100, aged 14-18 years and mean age of 16 years were used for the study. They were drawn from different secondary schools in Keffi, karu and Guruku local government areas of Nasarawa state. Result of the study showed a relationship between intact families and delinquency at 52.5% and broken families and delinquency at 46.5%

Insurgency and internal displacement: implications on psychological health and agricultural development in Nigeria

The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria has left in its trail hundreds of thousands of its citizens dead and internally displaced. The Boko Haram group has been operating in Nigeria since the early 2000, but their operations took a deadly dimension around the year 2009 and increased steadily between 2010 and 2014 with abductions of youngsters and bomb blasts in places of worship, markets, offices, motor parks and so on. By 2014 there was a drastic increase in their menace causing unimaginable havoc in the country especially in the Northern states which could be described as the agricultural hub of the Nigerian economy. The rural dwellers who are predominantly farmers and pastoralist are more affected. Fleeing their homes, sources of income and livelihood contributes to the physical and psychosocial vulnerability for internally displaced persons who are already a neglected group since they do not ordinarily enjoy the privileges enjoyed by the refugees. The focus of this paper is on people who are internally displaced as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. This paper therefore takes a critical look at the implication of internal displacement on the psychological health and agricultural output of the victims which by extension affects the economy. Suggestions are made on the right policies to aid in regaining sustainable peace and security for all in the nation. &nbsp