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Emotional Abuse And Its Effects On The Building Of Resilience Among Internally Displaced Adults In The Fako Division Of The South West Region Of Cameroon

Ngome Hilary Enang
Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education of the University of Buea Cameroon
Dr. Bongwong Bruno (AP)
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education of the University of Buea Cameroon
Dr. Ndille Roland (AP)
Associate Professor of History, Faculty of Arts of the University of Buea Cameroon
DOI Crossref DOI 10.37547/tajssei/Volume07Issue09-04
tajssei 2025
VOL. 7 / NO. 09 SEPTEMBER
FULL TEXT PP. 24-39
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VOLUME 7
ISSUE 09
YEAR 2025
PAGES 24-39
RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of emotional abuse on the building of resilience among internally displaced adults in the Fako Division of the South West Region of Cameroon. Aim at answering the question what extent does emotional abuse affect the building of resilience among internally displaced adults in the South West Region of Cameroon? The cross-sectional survey research design was chosen for the study. The population of this study was made up of all displaced adults in Fako Division (about 90.000 OCHA, 2021). The target population of this study was made up of all traumatized displaced adults in the Fako Division. The accessible population in this study consisted of 158 Traumatized and non- resilient adults in Fako Division of the southwest region of Cameroon selecting them from Buea, Tiko and Limbe Sub divisions. The sample size consists of 158 displaced young adults selected from six communities. The purposive sampling technique was adopted for this study for both the area selected for the study and the participants. The research instrument used for data collection in this study was the questionnaire and interview guide. Data from the questionnaires was analysed using SPSS 23.0, with the aid of descriptive and inferential statistical tools while the interview was analysed thematically. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the lone research hypotheses formulated in the study.The findings of this study underscore that majority 79.1% of the respondents agreed to the fact that emotional abuse affect the building of resilience among internally displaced adults in the South West Region of Cameroon while 20.9% respondents disagreed. The findings further reveal that the Spearman Rho correlation coefficient (Rs = 0.626, P=0.05) indicates that there is a positive correlation between psychological and the building of resilience among internally displaced adults in the South West Region of Cameroon.  Hence the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternate hypothesis is accepted which states that emotional abuse has a significant effect on the building of resilience among internally displaced adults in the South West Region of Cameroon. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that comprehensive mental health support programs be implemented for internally displaced adults in the South West Region of Cameroon.

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Emotional Abuse Building of Resilience and Internally Displaced Adults
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