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Influence Of Domestic Violence On Family Relationship Among Couples
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close look at this shows that a particular couple is expected to go
through the whole stages, but it is not necessarily so in all
situations. Some couples get to the divorce stage without going through
physical quarrels and physical separation, while some resolve the
conflict completely before it gets to divorce stage.
Researchers
indicated domestic violence, through prevalent in Nigeria is still
largely under reported, if reported at all. The causes of domestic
violence can be seen in two broad categories.
The traditional causes
are those factors that are commonly seen and discussed as leading to
fighting among couples. They are immediate causes that can be pin
pointed as leading to violence in the home. These include, among others,
sex role, sexual dissatisfaction and infidelity, ego message, feeling
of staying control, income petibility, religion conflict, alcohol
consumption, money matters, childlessness, influence of inlaws etc.
Secondly
contemporary causes of domestic violence are those underlying remote
factors that are not easily seen or implicated, yet they influence
violence behaviour in marital relationship.
Domestic violence has now
become a common phenomenon. It should be noted here that as husbands
abuse their wives so also wives abuse their husbands (Steinmetz, 1977).
It is only the degree that varies.
The question then is how well has
domestic violence or abuse has been able to achieve its end going by the
high rate of family discord, divorce, separation etc experienced today?
Base
on the above picture, the study is to determine the influence domestic
violence on family relationship among couple in Oshodi Local Government
Area of Lagos State.
1.2Theoretical Framework
Three theoretical models will be used to explain domestic violence and neglect in family relationships:
1. Resource Theory
2. The Patriarchy Theory
3. General System Theory
Resource Theory
The
resource theory of family violence propounded by Goode (1971) assumes
that all social systems (including the family) rest to some degree on
force or the threat of force. The more resources – social, personal and
economic a person can command, the more force that individual can
muster. However, according to Goode (1971), the more resources a person
actually has, the less that person will actually use force in an open
manner. Thus, a husband who wants to be dominant person in the family,
but has little education, has a job, low prestige and income, and lacks
interpersonal skills may choose to use violence to maintain the dominant
position.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the influence of domestic violence on family relationship among couples in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State. Descriptive research survey design was used, while a self-designed questionnaire was used as the major instrument.A total of 102 respondents were sampled. Four null hypotheses were formulated and tested using the independent t-test statistical tool at 0.05 level of significance.At the end of the analyses, the result shows that:1. There is a si ... Continue reading---
