GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of domestic abuse on the adolescent’s anti-social behaviour in secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. The study centered on domestic abuse such as siblings’ rivalry and parental physical maltreatment of children. The research design used for this study was Expost-Facto design. The population consisted of all teachers and students of the secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Proportionate stratified random sampling method was used to select the 800 respondents (200 teachers and 600 students). The instrument used by the researcher for the study was a research questionnaire tagged “DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ADOLESCENT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIUOR QUESTIONNAIRE” (DAAABQ). The instrument passed through face and content validation by experts in the field and the reliability coefficient obtained was 0.75. The data obtained was analyzed using regression analysis. The result of the findings revealed that there is significant influence of siblings rivalry on anti-social behaviour of secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State. Also there is significant influence of parental physical maltreatment of children on anti-social behaviour of secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State. One of the recommendations was that Parents must not impose physical force on children in attempt to correct them, as this is likely to cause physical harm, and poor academic performances. KEYWORDS: Domestic abuse, Adolescent, Anti-social behavior, Rivalry, Maltreatment