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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS OF EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF ADOLESCENTS IN FOSTER HOMES IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

OLUWAMOTEMI CHRISTIANA ADEYOOLA

Abstract


The study examined the extent to which environmental factors determined emotional well-being (EWB) of adolescent in foster homes (AFHs) in Oyo State, Nigeria. The target participants are adolescents in foster homes with total no of seventy eight (78) having 46 boys and 32 girls. Data were collected through three separate standardised instruments: Environmental Factor Scale (EFS), Emotional Well-being Scale (EWS) and Adolescent Fostering Scale (AFS) and they were complimented with focus group discussion (FGD) and Group Key Informant Interview (GKII).The statistical tool used to analyse the data collected were simple percentage for demographic analysis and multiple regression to analyse research questions. The findings revealed that the environmental factors which are domestic influence, neigbourhood characteristics and drug/substance abuse are important influence in moulding the personality of the adolescents, while supervision over their involvement with their neighbours reduced opportunity for delinquent peer group. The study recommended that there should be provision of safe, stable and nurturing home environment for the fostered adolescent. Foster home climate and foster officials’ religious beliefs positively influenced the emotion of adolescents in foster homes. Therefore, better environment should be constantly sustained in foster care to ameliorate negative development of inmates.

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