This paper examined the difference in parental occupation and inclination to physical violence among university students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The paper also examined the difference in family adaptability and inclination to physical violence among university students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study was premised on two educational theories. The Ex post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 1428 Engineering students in three universities in the State. The sample size included 303 students selected from three universities using a multi-stage procedure. The researcher-modified instrument titled “Family Variables and inclination to Physical Violence Questionnaire (FVPVQ)” was used for data collection. A total of 303 questionnaire (100%) was retrieved. The instrument was validated by three experts, reliability was established with Cronbach Alpha of 0.84. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while ANOVA and independent t- test were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings evident that there is significance difference in parental occupation and inclination to physical violence among university students in Akwa Ibom State. Findings also proved significance difference in family adaptability and inclination to physical violence among university students in Akwa Ibom State. The paper recommends that universities should collaborate with family counsellors and create awareness on social and mass media to reiterate needs for ambitious and proper adaptable living of parents to maintain positive mindset, capable of discouraging inclination to physical violence among these students in the sampled universities.