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Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers

Authors: EZEOKOLI Rita

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: European Journal Of Social Sciences

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Political violence is a complex phenomenon that is caused by numerous factors and has
implications on the social, economic, wellbeing and the participation of people in voting
process. The study adopted a descriptive cross – sectional study. A stratified random
sampling technique was used to select 400 participants. A questionnaire tagged
‘’Perception of Political Violence Scale’’ (PPVS) was used to gather data from the
respondents. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of simple percentages,
frequencies and ANOVA. The result showed that political violence has significant
implication on the economic life of the people (f cal. = 13.412 > f table = 3.86, P <
0.05).Furthermore, political violence has significant implication on the social life of the
people (f cal. = 17.285 > f table = 3.86; P < 0> has a significant implication (f cal. = 19.652 < f xss=removed> participation of people in voting process, political violence has significant implication (f
cal. = 90.969 > f table = 3.86; P <0> discouraged by law enforcement agents, prohibiting political violence and illegal arms
trade, possession and use of arms while perpetrators of political violence should be
properly punished according to the law of the country. Also social workers should provide
civic education to the citizens to help them understand the essence of politics, values of
democratic governance and practices and to help with sentiments in political participation.

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EZEOKOLI,R. . (2017). Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers, 58 (), 103-103.

EZEOKOLI,R. . "Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers" 58, no (), (2017): 103-103.

EZEOKOLI,R. and . (2017). Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers, 58 (), pp103-103.

EZEOKOLIR, . Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers. 2017, 58 ():103-103.

EZEOKOLI,Rita , . "Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers", 58 . (2017) : 103-103.

E.Rita , "Psychosocial Predictors of Poltical Violence among the Electorates in Ibadan East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers" vol.58, no., pp. 103-103, 2017.

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