EFFECT OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY ON ADOLESCENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGRESSIVENESS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POTISKUM L.G.A., YOBE STATE

Authors

  • DR. AHMAD TAHIR ADAMU KOKI Department of Education, Faculty of Arts and Education, Yobe State University, Damaturu.

Abstract

The work Effect of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on Adolescents Psychological Aggressiveness Among Senior Secondary school students is concerned with adolescence which is the third phase of human development. This is characterized by stress and storm. Unresolved identity crisis coupled with some factors such as parenting styles, socio-economic status, religion, and peer pressure lead to aggression. The study adopts a quasi-experimental research design. The variables in the study include the independent variable, which consist of cognitive behaviour therapy and control group. The intervening variables are gender, socio-economic status and parenting styles while the dependent variable is aggression. A sample size of 50 adolescents is purposively selected. Participants are randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The three instruments relevant to, this study are: Conduct disorder scale, Socio-Economic Scale and Parenting Styles Scale, Four research hypotheses are raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The procedure for data collection includes the pre and post tests administered to the participants. Participants are exposed to intervention sessions twice a week for the period of eight weeks. Data collected from the study are analyzed using both the descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The study reveals the parenting style, the prevalent parental socioeconomic status is the medium. A significant difference exists in the pre-test and pastiest. The results from the tested hypotheses are: There is no significant difference in the prominence in aggression of the fallowings: prevalence of paternal and maternal parenting styles, cognitive behaviour therapy on the basis of gender and parental SES. Others include parenting styles, age, educational level, and length of stay at the schools. There is a significant difference in the fallowings: degree of severity of aggression before and after treatment, treatment of aggression of participants in the two experimental groups when compared with the control group and cognitive behaviour therapy on the basis of religion. Recommendations are proffered in the study.

Keywords:

Adolescents, Aggression, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Socio-Economic Status

Published

30-06-2022

How to Cite

DR. AHMAD TAHIR ADAMU KOKI. (2022). EFFECT OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY ON ADOLESCENTS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGRESSIVENESS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POTISKUM L.G.A., YOBE STATE. International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Education, 1(1). Retrieved from https://mediterraneanpublications.com/mejaee/article/view/54