IMPACT OF ORPHANAGE HOME ON THE CHILD’S PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

Children who grown up in the orphanage home may likely to affected in their culture tradition, and religion are their interests belief ambitions ideas and soon thus affecting the personality development as their behaviors is not only more indiscriminate but more immature than those children who are with their natural parent. Hence the increase in research to find out the effectiveness and influence of these homes (orphanage home) on the child’s personal development. The study employed a survey method of study. The subjects for the study were One hundred (100) orphans and their teachers were selected from the Kaduna orphanage Home. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The findings showed that there is a positive impact of orphanage homes on the child’s personality development and that the morale and attitude acquired by children raised in the orphanage home is positive.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Statement of problem

1.3 Objective of the study

1.4 Research Hypotheses

1.5 Significance of the study

1.6 Scope and limitation of the study

1.7 Definition of terms

1.8 Organization of the study

CHAPETR TWO

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPETR THREE

3.0 Research methodology

3.1 sources of data collection

3.3 Population of the study

3.4 Sampling and sampling distribution

3.5 Validation of research instrument

3.6 Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.1 Introductions

4.2 Data analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Summary

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 Recommendation

Appendix

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The orphanage home is one of the numerous social institution that have emerged over the year to carter for some of the social needs of orphanage associated with such problems.

Motherless babies have nowadays become common because of the moral decadence of the society young people who cannot cater for themselves find themselves put in the family way they end up find abandoning those innocent helpless babies. The increasing hardship because of the present economic recession has increased the incidence of burden family relationship and the consequent loss of firm control of family members.

This has tended as evidence by the increasing number of abandoned babies such babies have become the central focus of the orphanage home the impact of orphanage home on child personality development that is the behaviour pattern of social behariour on child personality development.

The research try to compare children between the age of one (1) month to three (3) years that grows up in orphanage home to those that grow-up with their parent children from the orphanage behave in a unique pattern thereby displaying some certain social behaviour attitude that could be associated with the up bringing in the orphanage home. I want to find out the positive and negative aspect of orphanage home on children personality development generally. Any baby that lost his or her parent especially the mother by what every means become mentally ill once it is discovered the illness is taken from the mother by the orphanage children abandon in hospital or on the street are taken to the orphanage home.
Social welfare services and training of professional social workers of all categories social workers can succeed out making their contribution towards realizing their objective of government in improving people welfare only after they have keenly understood the problem.

The causes and the effect of those people on the community the desertation is an attempt toward such changes taking place and their documentation the study will focus on the impact of the orphanage home on child personality development in the later parts of his life.

The Kaduna orphanage home is the birth child of Jammiyyar Matan Arewa.

The Jamiyar Matan Arewa itself is a social organization of northern women established on the 27th May 1963 it was aimed at unifying the women folk and providing them with a forum of welfare activities.

The organization was to be non-political and it membership was to be opened to all tribes religions or social status at the very first meeting of the Jammiyar Matan Arewa which took place in the house of General Hassan Usman Katsina a steering committee was set up to carry on the task of mobilizing women for the association and also to plan and organize fund raising activities to meet up the financial obligation of the association.

An orphanage is an institution that houses children whose parents are deceased or whose whereabouts are unknown. It is a public institution created to provide care and protection for children without parents. Simply put, an orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of large numbers of children. The first orphanages, called “orphanotrophia”, were founded by the Catholic Church in the 1st century amid various alternative means of orphan support. The Jewish law, for instance, prescribed care for the widow and the orphan, and the Athenian law supported all orphans of those killed in military service until the age of eighteen. Plato (Laws, 927), as cited in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XI, says: “Orphans should be placed under the care of public guardians. Men should have a fear of the loneliness of orphans and of the souls of their departed parents. A man should love the unfortunate orphan of whom he is guardian as if he were his own child. He should be as careful and as diligent in the management of the orphan’s property as of his own or even more careful still.” The care of orphans was referred to bishops and, during the Middle Ages, to monasteries. Many orphanages practiced some form of “binding-out” in which children, as soon as they were old enough, were given as apprentices to households. This would ensure their support and their learning an occupation.

Motherless babies have nowadays become common because of the moral decadence of the society young people who cannot cater for themselves find themselves put in the family way they end up find abandoning those innocent helpless babies. The increasing hardship because of the present economic recession has increased the incidence of burden family relationship and the consequent loss of firm control of family members. This has tended as evidence by the increasing number of abandoned babies such babies have become the central focus of the orphanage home the impact of orphanage home on child personality development that is the behaviour pattern of social behaviour on child personality development.

This study will focus on the impact of the orphanage home on child personality development in the later parts of his life.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Children brought up in the orphanage home cannot cope effectively with the outside world this display in their dispositions because most of them tend to be introverts and always want to keep to themselves in few causes they turn out to be backward in speed and verbal intelligence. According to Segmund Fraud (1945) children who grown up in the orphanage home may likely to affected in their culture tradition, and religion are their interests belief ambitions ideas and soon thus affecting the personality development as their behaviors is not only more indiscriminate but more immature than those children who are with their natural parent. Hence increase in various research to find out the effectiveness and influence of these homes (orphanage home) on the child’s personality development.

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

This study was conducted with the following objectives:

1. To find out the positive and negative impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development.
2. To determine the effect of orphanage home on child’s personality development.
3. To find out the morale and attitude of children raised in orphanage home.

RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

Hypotheses One

Ho: There is a positive impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development.

Hi: There is a negative impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development.

Hypotheses Two

Ho: Morale and attitude acquired by children raised in the orphanage home is positive.

Hi: Morale and attitude acquired by children raised in the orphanage home is negative.

1.5      SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The importance of support for orphans cannot be underestimated. Orphans, by virtue of their circumstances, face a myriad of vulnerabilities and in most cases, when there is no adequate support; they find it very difficult to cope with these risks or the stress that arises from the inability to cope. This in turn brings about far reaching negative consequences for the orphans. Research has established that social support and active coping effectively help to mediate stress. This study is important to critical stakeholders and the government as we seek to find the impact of orphanage homes on the personal development of the Nigerian child.

1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

T This study is limited to the orphanage home Kaduna. Therefore the study is restricted to the impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development study. The researcher encountered some constraints, which limited the scope of the study. These constraints include but are not limited to the following.

1. a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
2. b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities.

1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS

ORPHAN: A child whose parents are dead.

ORPHANAGE: a home for children whose parents are dead or unable to care for them

PERSONALITY: the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: is the development of the organized pattern of behaviors and attitudes that makes a person distinctive. Personality development occurs by the ongoing interaction of temperament, character, and environment.

1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows

Chapter one is concerned with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding. Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study

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