HOME TRAINING PATTERNS: AN EXAMINATION OF IT’S EFFECT ON THE ATTITUDE OF UNDERGRADUATES TOWARDS CULTISM

HOME TRAINING PATTERNS: AN EXAMINATION OF IT’S EFFECT ON THE ATTITUDE OF UNDERGRADUATES TOWARDS CULTISM

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

A child is born into a specific family situation. The home environment is critical in the development of a child’s personality. In the family, there is face-to-face interaction that determines the child’s character and personality make-up. Patterns of parent-child home training may influence children’s social competence. Baumrind (1980) discovered three major types of parenting styles. There are three types of parents: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. Authoritarian parents are strict and punitive, and they value their children’s unquestioning obedience. They have extremely high standards and discourage disagreement. Permissive parents give their children law or inconsistent guidance and, while warm, expect little from them. Authoritarian parents set firm limits for their children. As their children grow older, their parents attempt to persuade them. and make things clear to them. They also set clear goals for their children and encourage their independence. The three types of parenting patterns are associated with very different types of child behavior. Children of authoritarian parents are typically unsociable, unfriendly, timid, and withdrawn. Children of permissible parents, on the other hand, are immature, moody, and dependent, with poor self-control. Children of authoritative parents fare best in terms of social skills, being likeable, self-reliant, independent, and cooperative (Feldman 1997). A child’s upbringing, on the other hand, is a result of the child rearing philosophy, the specific practices they employ, and the nature of their own and the child’s personality. According to Denga and Denga (1998), the way parents raise their children can influence their behavior. Cultism is one of the adult behaviors. Children who do not receive love from their parents will not show love to others. Children who place a high value on aggression may see aggressive behaviors as societal norms. They may regard violence as the norm and one of the means by which they can impress their aggressive parents. Children who have never had freedom at home may be afraid of the freedom that tertiary educational institutions provide. They are very likely to mismanage their limited freedom. Children who are never encouraged to experience joy may even work hard to replace joy with sorrow. Children who are constantly suppressed at home and feel like servants may seek out a group of weak people. Students to form an empire over which they can terrorize, just as their parents do at home. Disciplined children will try to maintain their discipline even when their parent figure is not present. As a result, children from hostile and uncaring families are more likely to join the secret cult than those from loving and caring homes. Children tend to reciprocate parental love by obeying them. If parents teach, discipline, and love their children, it will be easier for them to avoid vices that their parents condemn. Children who are constantly at odds with their parents may join cults on purpose to annoy them. As a result, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of home training patterns on attitudes.

of undergraduates towards cultism.

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT

Children who are not shown love by their parents will show no love to other people; additionally, many parents are not living up to their responsibility, leaving the children to fend for themselves; children cannot approach their parent because they fear they will be harsh on them; instead, they look up to their peers for advice, and when this advice is given, they accept it. Many undergraduates have been imprisoned as a result of this, and many have died as a result. Because of the negative impact that training patterns have on many children, society is facing their full wrath.

to be involved in so many societal ills.

1.3 THE STUDY’S OBJECTIVE

l To investigate the impact of home training on student attitudes toward cultism.

l To determine whether there is a link between home training patterns and students’ attitudes toward cultism.

l To identify potential solutions to student attitudes toward cultism.

1.4 HYPOTHESIS OF RESEARCH

The following hypotheses are proposed to guide this research.

H01: The home training pattern has no effect on students’ attitudes toward cultism.

H02: There is no significant relationship between students’ attitudes toward cultism and their home training pattern.

1.5 THE STUDY’S IMPORTANCE

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Dangote Sugar Refinery is a sugar refinery in Nigeria.

This study’s findings will undoubtedly provide much-needed information to government organizations, manufacturing companies, individuals, and academia.

1.6 STUDY OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this study is to investigate home training patterns and their impact on undergraduates’ attitudes toward cultism. As a result, this study is limited to students and lecturers at the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, and as such, will serve as our case study.

1.7 THE STUDY’S LIMITATIONS

A number of factors hampered this study, which are as follows:

Given the current economic conditions, financial constraints are unavoidable. Due to a lack of funds at the researchers’ disposal to obtain materials and print questionnaires. It was impossible.

to visit some of the police stations and some of the victims of corruption.

In developing countries such as Nigeria, there is a data shortage.

Time constraint: Another constraint is time, which makes it difficult for the researcher to shuttle between writing the research and engaging in other academic work.

1.8 TERMS’ DEFINITIONS

Training is the process of teaching a person or animal a specific skill or type of behavior.

This is a repeated decorative design.

An examination is a thorough inspection or study.

Effect: a change that occurs as a result of an action or other cause.

Attitude: a firm way of thinking or feeling about something.

This is an undergraduate course.

a university student who has not yet completed their first degree

Cultism is defined as devotion to the doctrine or practices of a cult. Devotion is a commitment to a specific goal.