Parental Socio-Economic Status and Social Adjustment of Students with Learning Disabilities in Oyo
Keywords:
parental socioeconomic status, social adjustment, learning disabilitiesAbstract
The paper aimed at finding out parental socio-economic status and social adjustment of students with learning disabilities in Oyo. The paper also aimed to find out the influence of parental socio-economic status and social adjustment of student with learning disabilities. A descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. A sample of 200 (two hundred) respondents with learning disabilities were randomly selected from two secondary schools in Oyo East and Afijio Local Government Areas of Oyo, Oyo state. Two research questions were raised and answered. Two instruments: Delta Screener (r= 0.87) and a self-structure questionnaire titled “parental socioeconomic status and social adjustment” (r= 0.76) were used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed with descriptive statisticsof simple percentage, frequency counts and bar chart. The results showed that the parental socioeconomic status has positive influence on social adjustment of students with learning disabilities. It was recommended that the parents should use their socioeconomic status to influence the social adjustment of their wards.
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