Emotional child neglect, depression and grit amongst school going teenagers in Uganda
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate, the relationship between emotional child
neglect, depression and Grit. The study examined the relationship between emotional child neglect
and depression amongst school going teenagers and investigated the relationship between
emotional child neglect and grit among school going teenagers. It also assessed the relationship
between grit and depression among school going teenagers. A quantitative study design was used
in the study. It focused on correlation study design to assess the statistical relationship among
variables. The respondents were between the age of 12 to 21 years and they were both male and
females, in both A ‘Level and O’Level. These were selected using purposive sampling method.
Data collected was processed and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS). Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses. Results
showed that, there was no significant relationship between emotional child neglect and grit
emotional child neglect and depression were also not significantly related Furthermore depression
and grit were also not significantly related.
In conclusion, many children in Uganda experience acts of emotional child neglect and
they go unnoticed because they do not have physical signs on the other hand depression has been
realized by many health workers and a few of the victims are helped. Research into the field of
grit presents new challenges for psychologists and behaviorists as will be seen in this study.