Abstract
The study was designed as a survey to investigate secondary school students perceptions of psychosocial strategies for managing behaviour problems in Ebonyi North education zone of Ebonyi State. Two research questions guided the. study. 200 students from eight secondary schools were sampled for the study through simple random sampling. Two instruments were used for data collection with reliability scores of 0.76 and 0.87 respectively. The data were analyzed using mean scores. The result revealed, among other things, that uncooperative attitude of teachers and lack of respect for students by teachers are some of the perceived causes of behaviour problems. It further revealed that isolation, labeling/name calling, flogging and kneeling down are among the strategies perceived by students for managing behaviour problems. Some recommendations were made based on the findings of the study. Keywords: Behaviour problems, psychosocial strategies, adolescents, DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-19-07 Publication date :July 31 st 2019
Highlights
Secondary education is populated by students who are mainly adolescents
Behaviour problems can be regarded as those attitudes, and actions employed by the individual which do not enhance the well-being of the individual and the society
The question is what are the causes of behaviour problems. To this question we will turn as we examine the different models explaining the causes of behaviour problems as described by Ekoja and Amali (2004)
Summary
Secondary education is populated by students who are mainly adolescents. The period of adolescence is variously described as a period of heightened emotionality (because adolescents react unproportionally to events facing them), a critical period (because adolescents experiment with life unaware of the implications of what they do), and a period of role confusion (because they are confused concerning the role models they will identify with) (Omebe & Mgboro 2017). Notwithstanding the differences in argument the World Health Organization (1981) accepts that some behaviour problems are similar in origin, process and manifestation, and are diverse based on the cultural values and lifestyle of the people. Because of the unconscious operation of the anxieties students exhibit behaviours they could not understand or explain Based on this model the cause of behaviour is a disturbance of the child’s security arising from parental acceptance, rejection or over protection. Method The study was a descriptive survey type focused on finding out students’ perception of psychosocial strategies www.iiste.org for managing behaviour problems among secondary school students in Ebonyi north education zone. Any item with a mean score of 2.5 and above was accepted while items with mean scores less than 2.5 were regarded as not accepted by students
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