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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This is an investigation into the prevalence and incidence of aggressive behaviours among adolescents in senior secondary schools in Anambra State. The participants comprised 500 (280 females & 220 males) secondary school adolescents randomly selected from 10 secondary schools in Awka metropolis of Anambra State. Their ages ranges from 12 to 18 years with a mean age of 14.7 and standard deviation of 1.73. The study adopted description survey design. Two main scales were employed to assess participants aggressive behaviours and violence experiences. The former was violent behaviour scale while the later was one with multiple scales “Exposure to violent scales (EVS). The data generated were subjected to analysis using percentages, mean, standard deviation and z-test statistics. The result of the analysis showed that adolescents frequently manifest aggressive behavior such as arson, bullying, beating, hitting, speaking, knife attack etc with the males exceeding the females at the rate of manifestation of aggressive behaviours. The study further revealed that television viewing, stressful situation, use of internet, environmental factors, learning styles among others were the major causes of aggression. The study also showed that there is significant difference between males and females adolescents in the exhibition of aggression. However, the males were found to be more aggressive than their females counterparts. The study recommend that counseling psychologists should consider the prevalence and incidence of aggressive behaviour of adolescents while designing techniques to handle the situation. The study also recommends that the school should join hand, with law enforcement agents in stemming the rate at which adolescents exhibit violent behaviours. Based on the findings of the study, limitations of the study were highlighted and areas for further studies made. |
| Keywords: prevalence, incidence, aggression, behaviours, adolescents. |
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