Abstract

The study determined the prevalence of disruptive behaviour among secondary school students from skipped generation households in Ile-Ife communities. It also determined the influence of the family structure of the caregivers on disruptive behaviour among children raised in skipped generation households. The population of the study consisted of all secondary school students from skipped generation households in the four local government areas in Ile-Ife communities, out of which a sample size of 331 students was drawn. An instrument titled “Disruptive Behaviour Scale for Adolescents” adapted from Karimy, Fakhri, Vali, Veiga, Stein and Araban (2018) was used to collect data from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, and ordinal logistic regression analysis. The results revealed that 4.8% of the students from skipped generation households manifested a high level of disruptive behaviour, 39.0% had a moderate level of the behaviour while 56.2% were identified as having low level of disruptive behaviour. In addition, the results showed that family structure of the caregivers did not significantly influence disruptive behaviour among children raised in skipped generation households (). The study therefore concluded that family structure did not contribute to disruptive behaviour in the study area.