PERCEIVED PATTERNS OF HUSBAND BATTERING BY EDUCATED MARRIED ADULTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLORS

Abstract

This study examined the perceived patterns of husband battering by educated married adults in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey method. Participants responded to a researcher-designed questionnaire entitled ‘Patterns of Husband Battering Questionnaire (PHBQ)”.  Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and t-test statistical tools were employed to test hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. Results showed that the perceived patterns of husband battering by educated married adults in Kwara State are emotional battering, sexual battering, economic battering and physical battering.  It is concluded that the major pattern of husband battering is emotional battering. It was recommended that mental health counsellors should organize seminars and workshop for married adults on various forms by which husband battering are perpetrated.