Impact of Family Life and Peer Influence on Social Adjustment of Adolescents with Visual Impairment in Kwara State, Nigeria
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This paper examines the impact of family life and peer influence on social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment
The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between family life, peer influence and social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment, identify the joint contribution of family life, peer influence to social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment, and to examine the relative contributions of family life and peer influence to social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment. The study adopts survey research design. The data were collected using three (3) self made research instrument, this is to enable the researcher find out the influence of family life and peer influence on social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment. The findings reveals that, thre is a significant relationship between family life, peer influence and social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment, also there is joint contributions of family life, peer influence to social adjustment of adolescents with visual as well as significant relative contribution of family life, per influence to social adjustment of adolescents with visual impairment. The study therefore recommends that, adolescents with visual impairment must be encouraged to relate and interact with peers within and outside their environment. This will expose them to new ideas as well as improving their feelings towards others in the society.
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