PATTERNS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON WOMEN AND ORPHANS IN OYO AND ONDO STATES, NIGERIA

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Domestic violence is as old as human society. It is much more noticeable and accentuated in communities and continents where patriarchy is embraced and valued. This research focused on patterns and psychological effects of domestic violence on women and orphans in Oyo and Ondo States, Nigeria. The study population comprised, women and orphans. The sample size of the study was Two hundred (200) respondents, selected through a snow-balling sampling technique. Both quantitative and qualitative research instruments were used. A quantitative research instrument, titled “Questionnaire on Psychological Effects of Domestic Violence on Women and Orphans in Oyo and Ondo States, Nigeria,” fashioned on four Likert rating scale: Strongly Agreed (SA), Agreed (A), Disagreed (D) and Strongly Disagreed (SD). Qualitative research instrument (Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)) was used to generate primary data for the study. The instruments were validated by two experts in test and measurement at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria. The reliability of quantitative instrument was determined through test-retest method at two weeks interval, 0.69 coefficient reliability was obtained, while different two sets of FGDs were used to determine the reliability of the qualitative instrument. Data was analyzed, using descriptive statistics (frequency counts, simple percentages and mean) for data collected, quantitatively, while data generated qualitatively was collated and transcribed. Generally, findings on the study indicated the patterns as (physical attacks, verbal, economic and assaults etc.) and isolation, depression and victimization as psychological effects of domestic violence on women and orphans in Oyo and Ondo States, Nigeria. Based on the conclusions of the study the following recommendations were made; through the media both (print and electronics) public should be enlightened on the psychological and other effects of domestic violence on women and orphans. Further, women and orphans should be advised to eschew behaviours that can cause domestic violence etc.

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