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VOL. 7, ISSUE 6 (2022)
Influence of communal conflicts’ trauma on victims’ moral adjustment in north – eastern, Nigeria: Implications for mental health
Authors
Joshua Wasani, Kahinde Garba Hussain, Esther Luka Gidimi
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of communal conflicts’ trauma on victims’ moral adjustment in North – East Nigeria. The research questions and six null hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Population of the study consisted of all 1,770,444 victims from the six States in North – East Nigeria. The sample size of 605 or 10% of the population was selected using stratified proportionate sampling in the area of study. Data was collected using a self – developed questionnaire titled: Communal Conflicts’ trauma on Victims’ Questionnaire” (CCTVQ. The data collected from the trial study was subjected to statistical analyzing using Cronbach alpha and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.96. while data collected from the sample size was analyzed using the mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. Chi – square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that communal conflicts’ trauma has significant effects on victims’ peace building and victims’ tolerance to other people. Based on the results, recommendations were that trauma counselling centers should be established at the local government area level with trained counselors and psychologists in order to provide trauma counselling services in order to enhance emotional intelligence adjustment of trauma victims of communal conflicts in North-Eastern Nigeria. It was also recommended that counselors and psychologist should help trauma victims via trained programs such as organized teaching to develop adequate resilience skills such as self – esteem and problem solving skills develop life goals among others.
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Joshua Wasani, Kahinde Garba Hussain, Esther Luka Gidimi "Influence of communal conflicts’ trauma on victims’ moral adjustment in north – eastern, Nigeria: Implications for mental health". International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Vol 7, Issue 6, 2022, Pages 1-5
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