Alleviating Violence-in-Intimacy Menace for improved Co-Habitational Life of University Students in Nigeria
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2013-10-03
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Onyene, V. E.
Ikeche, N. A.
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Nigerian Journal of Sociology of Education
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The paper assessed the ways violence-in-intimacy menace can be alleviated for improved cohabitation life of university students in Nigeria. It looked at the different forms of violence in-intimacy, highlighted causes and effects of intimacy induced pain and despair on academic life of students. The paper also highlighted different tools that can be used to address problems of violence-in-intimacy and suggested ways forward. The causes of violence as identified includes betrayal, envy, social influence, exposure to media influence, parental abuse, lack of love from parents among others. Among the effects of violence-in-intimacy on students is impaired judgment, delated students' enthusiasm for school programmes, threatened chances of developing important values, low self-esteem, low academic performance, social withdrawal, depressive mood. The study recommended different tools that can be employed to address the problem to include cultural repositioning, peace education, gender mainstreaming, social integration and discipline.
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21. Onyene V. E. & Ikeche N. A. (2013). Alleviating Violence- in- Intimacy Menace for improved Co-Habitational life of University Students in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Sociology of Education, NISE, 7(1), 243-255.