International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume VI, Issue XII, December 2022|ISSN 2454-6186
Kezzy Wawira Wanjira1, Ann Muiru2, Dr. Benson Njoroge2
1Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology, Kenya
2Lecturer, Mount Kenya University, Kenya
Abstract: Personality traits development is a problem portrayed among boys, especially at adolescence age. This study sought to assess the influence of learners’ physical development on personality traits development behaviour among form two boys in public secondary schools in Kirinyaga East Sub County. This study was guided by Adolescence Developmental Tasks theory. This study used mixed research methodology and concurrent triangulation design where descriptive survey research design was used to collect qualitative data and phenomenological design to collect qualitative data. The target population was 136 form masters/mistresses, 136 form class teachers, 68 HODs of Guidance and Counseling department, 1173 form 2 and 1011 form 3 students in 34 public day secondary schools. The sample size was 345 respondents. Purposive, stratified and simple random sampling was used to select respondents. The study used questionnaires and informant interviews to collect data. Piloting of the research instruments was conducted in order to ascertain their validity and reliability. Thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data, which were then presented in narratives and reports. Quantitative data was evaluated with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics. Percentages, frequencies, mean, and standard deviation are examples of descriptive statistics. Correlations and regression analysis were utilized inferentially. Tables were used to present the analyzed data. The study findings showed that physical adjustments have a positive and significant influence on personality traits development (β=0. 138, p<0.05). The study concluded that students have experienced physical adjustments such as experiencing deepening of their voice, shoulders broadened and faces changed influencing personality traits development. The study recommends that teachers should provide reading and research opportunities that enable students to acquire information regarding adolescents’ developmental such as storybooks, novels, and research-based books.
Key words: Personality, maladjustment, boys, performance, learners, physical development.
I. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Throughout the twentieth century, the term maladjustment was used to describe an individual who could not fully adapt to standards of behavior in any given social setting (Grzanka & Cole 2021). By the end of 1920’s the concept of poorly adjusted children became established in Britain. As results, ‘the child guidance movement’ emerged from 1927 onwards in Britain. Children in this category concentrated agents’ attention especially the medical professional educationalists. In the middle decades of 19th century