Effects of Parent Child Relationship on Delinquent Behavior: A Case Study of Kamwokya Community and Naguru Remand Home
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2016-05
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Kampala International University, Colleges of Humanities and Social sciences
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This study focused on effects of parent child relationship on delinquent behavior in Kamwokya Community and Naguru Remand Home in Kampala, Uganda. The study sought to establish the relationship between parent child relationship and delinquency and non-delinquency behaviours among children as an attempt to understand the externalized and internalized effects of the quality of parents’ relationships with children. In order to achieve the research objectives descriptive designed was adopted and self-administered questionnaire was served among fifty (50) respondents. The study found that to the large extent children live in broken families whereby, they either live in homes where there is one biological parent and then the stepparent. In such an environment, children are exposed to disruptive family arrangement thus accounting for multiple behavioral problems both internalized and externalized disorders. Majority of the participants stated that they were treated differently depending on gender or age; whereas, females were strictly treated yet males were loosely controlled. One of the outstanding effects of parent-child relationship in relation to delinquency was low levels of esteem among children. It is acknowledged in psychology that children with a sense of worthlessness are at higher risk of involving in delinquent behaviors simply because they can easily be influenced by peers among others. It can then be argued that, poor quality of parent-child relationship is associated with high levels of delinquency among children. Implying that, children living in homes where there is close, intimate and secure attachment with parents, such children are less likely to engage in delinquent activities compared those with insecure attachment. In response it was suggested that there’s a need for national parental programmes to educate parents of their role rather than building more remand homes for juvenile. Secondly it was suggested that NGOs, FBOs and CBOs get interested in the issue of child rearing and nurturing since children belong to the community. Besides, it was recommended that a study be conducted on the subject of social support, self-esteem and non-delinquency among female students at higher institutions of learning in Uganda.
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A Research Report Submitted to College of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for The Award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and Social Administration of Kampala International University
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Parent Child Relationship, Delinquent Behavior