Effect of Cognitive Restructuring in Reducing Aggressive Behaviour of Secondary School Students in Gombe Local Government Area of Gombe State
- October 21, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue X, October 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Anyamene, Ada and Ngwakwe, Chinyere Catherine
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Abstract: – This paper examined the effect of Cognitive Restructuring Technique in reducing Aggressive behaviour among secondary school students in Gombe State. Two research questions were posed and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05alpha levels. The study was carried out using quasi-experimental research design of pre-test, post-test and control non randomised group. The Experimental group was treated using Cognitive Restructuring (CR) for eight weeks while the control group was treated with conventional counselling for the same period of eight weeks. The population of students with aggressive behaviour was 245 in Gombe Local Government of Gombe State. A sample of 81 students with very high aggressive behaviour was selected from three schools through purposive sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) which was developed and validated by Buss and Perry in 1992, but was revalidated in Nigeria. The reliability coefficient of 0.80 as reported by Onukwufor (2013) was adopted for this study. Data was collected and subjected to analysis. Data relating to research questions were answered using statistical mean while data relating to hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Findings from the study revealed that among others that Cognitive Restructuring Technique was effective in reducing secondary school students’ aggressive behaviour. The findings further revealed among others that the difference in the effectiveness of cognitive restructuring technique in reducing aggressive behaviour of secondary school students is significant. Based on the findings, it was recommended that cognitive restructuring technique is an effective therapeutic technique for modifying the aggressive behaviour of secondary school students. The practicing counsellors and therapist should adopt the use of the technique in counselling and in administering therapy on aggressive behaviour of secondary school students to treat and modify their aggressive behaviour.
I. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In Nigeria and all over the world, school institutions remain a preparatory ground to empower and certify the requirement for human development; however, the reality is that only few students can harmoniously blend with their school mates without experiencing aggressive behaviour towards them in the school.
