Effects of Frequent Domestic Conflicts and Violence on Social Behaviour and Cognitive Development of School Children in Kwazo Academy Jega, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Abstract The study assessed the effects of frequent domestic conflicts and violence on social behavior and cognitive development of school children in Kwazo academy, Jega Kebbi State, Nigeria. Three objectives and research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Fifty five (55) pre-school children and seventy three (73) school age children out of the total population of 357 were identified as subject for the study. Observation, oral interview and continuous assessment record were used to assess their social behavior and cognitive development. The findings revealed among others that there was 39.0% prevalence of frequent domestic conflict and violence in the study area and there was significant effect of these tendencies on the social behaviours and cognitive development of both pre-school and school age children in the Kwazo academy, Jega. Based on these findings, it was recommended that parents and grown up family members should be enlightened on the effects of frequent domestic conflicts and violence on their children so as to minimize the rate of the prevalence of frequent domestic conflicts and violence in homes and its negative effects on the children. Keywords: Domestic conflicts, Social behavior, violence, Cognitive development and Academy