The Influence Of Divorce On Children’s Language Development, Psycho-Social Development, And Academic Achievementin Benishangul Gumuz Kamashi Zone Mizhiga Woreda

Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of divorce on children’s Language development, psycho-social, academic achievement and intervention strtegy. The research was descriptive research it attempts to describe, explain and interpret conditions of the present. The target population of this study were1 secondary school and 3 primary schools in Mizhigaworeda with an estimated population of 1,880. Based on stratified sampling a sample size of 324 was chosen and the questionnaires were distributed for the respondents. Out of which 300(92.6 %) were answered and returned. Stratified sampling guaranty specific groups within a population are adequately represented in the sample. The data collection method for the study was included both primary and secondary sources. The primary data was collected through a structured questionnaire from 1 secondary school and 3 primary schools in Mizhiga woreda. Quantitative data analysis tools were used to analyze the collected data. Descriptive statistics used to describe and interpret the result of the study. The computation of the variables was made by making use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software and used the formula Yamana (1967). In orderto investigate the effects of divorce on children’s Language development, psycho-social,academic achievementand intervention strategy,thesimple linear regression and person correlation analysis was computed. The study found that there is significant and negative relationship in between independent variables (Divorce) and dependent variables (children’s Language development, psycho-social, academic achievement and intevention strategy). Hence, it is advisable to the schools in Benishangul Gumuz Kamashi Zone Mizhiga Woreda ,implement different school initiatives to help children of divorce. There seems to be a consensus that community based and school based intervention programs better to work together to provide the optimum benefit to children of divorce vis a virse their school