Volume 4, Number 1

A Study of Biblical Approach to Conflict Management in the Family Among Postgraduate Students of Babcock University,Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State

  Authors

Olalekan Moses Olayemi¹, Daniel-Adebayo Olugbenga², NyaknoOloladeOluokun³, ¹Babcock University, Nigeria and ^2,3Babcock University, Nigeria

  Abstract

This study investigated Biblical approach to conflict management in the family among postgraduate students of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.The survey design was adopted in carrying out the study. The study population comprised postgraduate students of Babcock University, Ilishan, Remo, Ogun State who offering GEDS 901 Course: (Personal and Family Wholeness) in the year 2018 session, in which total enumeration technique was used for selecting the sample size. The data was collected using structured questionnaire, and all the data generated were categorized and analyzed using tables, frequency, charts and simple percentage for data analysis. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents admitted to have experience conflict in their families.Findings indicated that emergence of conflict family is occasioned by a lot of factors which include: personality difference, use of finance (money) and intellectual differences (educational). Finally the study revealed that majority of the respondents frequently use Biblical approach in resolving conflict in the family. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that the family members should always adopt Biblical approach that best fit every situation in resolving conflict whenever it arises.

  Keywords

Biblical; conflict; management; marital; family; couples; Nigeria