Correlate of Authoritative and Authoritarian Family Communication Patterns and Anti-Social Personality Development among Inmates of Juvenile Welfare Homes in North-Eastern, Nigeria

Ayuba Usman, Muhammad Adam, Safiyanu Shuaibu Sara, Ahmad Aliyu Deba

Abstract


The study examined correlate of Authoritative, Authoritarian family communication patterns and anti- social personality development among inmates of juvenile welfare homes in North-eastern Nigeria. Two objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 257 inmates of juvenile welfare homes. Total population sampling technique was used. The data collected were statistically treated using mean, standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used. The results revealed that authoritative family communication patterns have significant correlation, while authoritarian family communication pattern has no significant relationship with anti-social personality development. It was recommended, among others, that parents should adopt authoritarian communication pattern in relating with their children as a factor that influence healthy personality development.


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