Impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development

Project Abstract

Orphanages play a significant role in providing care and support to children who have lost their parents or have been abandoned. The impact of growing up in an orphanage on a child's personality development has been a topic of interest for researchers and psychologists. This research aims to explore the various factors that influence the development of children in orphanages and how it shapes their personality traits. The study examines the psychological, emotional, and social aspects of children living in orphanages and how these environments can impact their overall personality development. Factors such as the quality of care, caregiver-child relationships, peer interactions, and environmental factors within the orphanage setting are considered in this research. Research findings suggest that children raised in orphanages may experience challenges in developing secure attachment relationships due to inconsistent caregiving and a lack of individualized attention. This can impact their emotional development and ability to form meaningful relationships later in life. The social dynamics within orphanages, including peer interactions and group living arrangements, can also influence a child's social skills and behavior. Furthermore, the quality of care provided in orphanages, including access to education, healthcare, and emotional support, plays a crucial role in shaping children's overall development. Children who receive adequate care and support in orphanages are more likely to exhibit positive personality traits such as resilience, empathy, and self-esteem. On the other hand, children who experience neglect or abuse in orphanages may develop maladaptive behaviors, such as aggression, withdrawal, or difficulties in regulating emotions. These negative experiences can have long-term effects on their personality development and mental well-being. Overall, this research highlights the importance of providing a nurturing and supportive environment for children in orphanages to promote healthy personality development. By understanding the factors that influence children's development in orphanages, policymakers, caregivers, and mental health professionals can implement interventions and support systems to enhance the well-being of children growing up in these settings.

Project Overview

<p> </p><div><p><strong></strong></p></div> <div><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p><strong>1.1 Background of the Study</strong></p><p>The orphanage home is one of the numerous social institution that have emerged over the year to carter for some of the social needs of orphanage associated with such problems.</p><p>Motherless babies have nowadays become common because of the moral decadence of the society young people who cannot cater for themselves find themselves put in the family way they end up find abandoning those innocent helpless babies. The increasing hardship because of the present economic recession has increased the incidence of burden family relationship and the consequent loss of firm control of family members.</p><p>This has tended as evidence by the increasing number of abandoned babies such babies have become the central focus of the orphanage home the impact of orphanage home on child personality development that is the behaviour pattern of social behariour on child personality development.</p><p>The research try to compare children between the age of one (1) month to three (3) years that grows up in orphanage home to those that grow-up with their parent children from the orphanage behave in a unique pattern thereby displaying some certain social behaviour attitude that could be associated with the up bringing in the orphanage home. I want to find out the positive and negative aspect of orphanage home on children personality development generally. Any baby that lost his or her parent especially the mother by what every means become mentally ill once it is discovered the illness is taken from the mother by the orphanage children abandon in hospital or on the street are taken to the orphanage home.</p><p>Social welfare services and training of professional social workers of all categories social workers can succeed out making their contribution towards realizing their objective of government in improving people welfare only after they have keenly understood the problem.</p><p>The causes and the effect of those people on he community the desertation is an attempt toward such changes taking place and their documentation the study will focus on the impact of the orphanage home on child personality development in the later parts of his life.</p><p>The Kaduna orphanage home is the birth child of Jammiyyar Matan Arewa.</p><p>The Jamiyar Matan Arewa itself is a social organization of northern women established on the 27th May 1963 it was aimed at unifying the women folk and providing hem with a forum of welfare activities.</p><p>The organization was to be non-political and it membership was to be opened to all tribes religions or social status at the very first meeting of the Jammiyar Matan Arewa which took place in the house of General Hassan Usman Katsina a steering committee was set up to carry on the task of mobilizing women for the association and also to plan and organize fund raising activities to meet up the financial obligation of the association.</p><p><strong>1.2 Statement of the Problem</strong></p><p>Children brought up in the orphanage home cannot cope effectively with the outside world this display in their dispositions because most of them tend to be introverts and always want to keep to themselves in few causes they turn out to be backward in speed and verbal intelligence.</p><p>According to Segmund Fraud (1945) children who grown up in the orphanage home may likely to affected in their culture tradition, and religion are their interests belief ambitions ideas and soon thus affecting the personality development as their behaviors is not only more indiscriminate but more immature than those children who are with their natural parent. Hence the increase in various research as to find out the effectiveness and influence of these home (orphanage home) on the child personality development.</p><p><strong>1.3 Purpose of the Study</strong></p><p>1. Find out the positive and negative IMPACT OF ORPHANAGE HOME ON THE CHILD’S PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.</p><p>2. Determine the effect of orphanage home on child’s personality development.</p><p>3. Find out the morale and attitude of children raised in orphanage home.</p><p><strong>1.4 Research Questions.</strong></p><p>1. What are the positive and negative impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development.</p><p>2. What are the likely effect of orphanage home on the child personality.</p><p>3. What are the morale and attitude acquired by children raised in the orphanage home.</p><p><strong>1.5 Scope of the Study</strong></p><p>This study is limited to the orphanage home Kaduna. Therefore the study is restricted to the impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development.</p></div><h3></h3><br> <br><p></p>