Physical Abuse and Self-concept of Senior Secondary School Students in Cross-River State, Nigeria

Abstract

Survey data collected from 2,000 senior secondary school two (ss2) students in Cross-River State, Nigeria were analysed to determine the influence of child physical abuse on their selfconcept(such as social self-concept, physical selfconcept, moral self-concept, financial self-concept and family self-concept) were considered in the study. One Way Analysis of Variance was used for data analysis and the hypothesis was tested at 0.05 alpha level. The result obtained showed a significant negative influence of physical abuse on the student’s self-concept in terms of the social self, physical self, moral self, family self and financial self-concept respectively.