FAMILY CRISIS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND COPING STRATEGIES IN EDO AND LAGOS STATES OF NIGERIA

The study examines family crisis in a holistic approach. Crisis is a phenomenon in most Nigeria household and solving the problem will be the ultimate solution to building a strong, embedded and reliable family. The main instrument for this study was the questionnaire. A total of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents were used for this study. The respondents were proportionately sampled from Edo Central and Lagos Central. The findings of the study revealed that factors such as Retrenchment, Employment, Infidelity, Abandonment, Wife Battery, and inability to sexually satisfy their spouses, poor social habit, and poor communication always lead to crisis in the family. Strategies such as effective communication, spending quality time together among others always help to overcome crisis. The major recommendations proffered among others are the introduction of a comprehensive Sexuality Education programme into colleges and tertiary institutions.