STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE PRACTICES ADOPTED BY FAMILIES IN COPING WITH SELECTED FAMILY CRISES IN KADUNA STATE

📄 Project Abstract

The major purpose of this study was to investigate on strategies for improving the practices adopted by families in coping with selected family crises (of unemployment and death of head of the family)in Kaduna State. Specifically, the study identified the challenges arising from unemployment and death of heads of the family; determined the coping strategies which families could adopt; determined constraints that hinder the adoption of the coping strategies and ways families could improve their coping strategies. Survey research design was used. The questionnaire was used for data collection, which was validated by three lectures from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. In order to establish the reliability of the instrument 30 questionnaire were distributed to 30 heads of families in Plateau state, Jos North. Cronbach Alpha reliability test was used to test the internal c...