ANALYTICAL STUDY OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DIVORCE AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS IN SOUTH SOUTH GEOPOLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA
ANALYTICAL STUDY OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DIVORCE AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS IN SOUTH SOUTH GEOPOLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: Divorce or the dissolution of marriage has been subject of discourse among social scientists from a wide range of disciplines in recent years. Unfortunately, insufficient number of studies in this area has been conducted in South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. This study of the possible causes and effects of divorce was undertaken to fill this research gap. A descriptive method was adopted and data was collected via a survey of six hundred (600) respondents. Data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and t-test. The findings revealed that the major causes of divorce as perceived by students are infertility, infidelity, primary wrong selection of spouse, fiery temper(anger), interference of spouse’s family, immaturity, communication defects, unmet emotional needs (feeling less), loss of sexual desire, cultural differences, poverty and domestic violence.

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