Relationship between Students ‘neighbourhood and Aggressive Behaviour in Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya
- July 4, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Education, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue VI, June 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Carolyne Otieno Wakoli
Alupe University College (Constituent College of Moi University), Kenya
Abstract: This study was undertaken to determine the relationship between students’ neighborhood and aggressive behaviour exhibited by secondary school learners. Students are not immune to aggressive behaviour, either as perpetrators or victims because may live in communities with varied behaviors for most of their lives depending on where they come from. The issue of where a student comes from or grows up from is of great concern to educators. The study aims at determining if continual exposure may desensitize students and encourage them to accept aggressive acts as a normal mode of conflict resolution. On the other hand, they may be emotionally damaged by the experiences of violence, repeated harassment or the witness of the death or brutal treatment of relatives. It was noted that the community climate was making a significant contribution to the aggressive behaviour of students in secondary schools
Terms: Students’ neighborhood; Aggressive behavior
I. BACKGROUND
According to Free Encyclopaedia, a neighbourhood is a localized community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area. The words ‘community’ and ‘neighbourhood’ can be used interchangeably in the discussion of their influence on adolescent aggressive behaviour. Neighbourhood as explained by Leventhal (2010) is an important context because it is the place where wide arrays of social interactions take place and where adolescents have access to institutional resources. The community nurtures children to grow into acceptable members of the society but where the community itself hands in unacceptable norms to the children, it has failed in its duties. The example of the community which the adolescent observes can become a determinant in predicting the nature of the child’s behaviour (Leventhal, 2010). The author goes on to say that an adolescent living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be associated with many poor outcomes including delinquency, violence and substance abuse.
