GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study determined the relationship between parental deprivation and social adaptability of secondary school adolescent students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study formulated three specific objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses for the research direction. It used a corelational research design. The study population was 58, 673 JSS3 students. The Taro Yamen’s formula was employed to determine the sample of 397 respondents, randomly selected from the population. Out of the 397 respondents sampled, 395 were suitable for data analyses. The stratified sampling technique was used to select 6 schools each from the three education zones of the State. The instrument developed by the researcher for data collection was titled “Parental Deprivation for Social Adaptability among Adolescent Students’ Questionnaire (PDSAASQ), with reliability coefficients between 0.88 and 0.94 on Cronbach’s Alpha. The data collected were subjected to Regression statistics, which the r-value was used to answer the Research Questions and f-value was used to test the Null Hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results indicated very high negative significant relationships between predictors (social, emotional and educational deprivations) and social adaptability among secondary school adolescent students (criterion) in the study area. The study concluded that proper manipulation of parental deprivation variables would mitigate their chances of social adaptability among secondary school adolescent students. It was recommended that parents should endeavour to provide their adolescent children’s socio-emotional and educational needs in order for them to adapt to the social environment of the schools for effective learning gains and societal adaptability freedom in the study area. KEY WORDS: Parental deprivation, social, emotional, educational, social adaptability