Abstract
The article show the pattern of externalizing behavior across age, gender, school type, and school level, with reference to aggression, delinquency, and hyperactivity. The study samples were primary school pupils and secondary school students from three selected Local Government Areas (LGA) in Ogun State, Nigeria [Ado-Odo/Ota, Ifo, and Yewa South]. Their ages ranged from 10 to 20 years. The student/pupil sample was 1770 in all. The instrument used was an adapted version of Achenbach's child behavior checklist and youth self-report. Basic descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, as well as non-parametric statistics like Phi-coefficient, Chi-square, Goodman and Kruskal's gamma, Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test were utilized. Inferential parametric statistics like Pearson r, analysis of variance and simple regression were also utilized. Four major findings were reported. Firstly, the private schools irrespective of age, gender and level, scored higher than the public school in aggression, delinquency, and hyperactivity. Secondly, aggression is higher in secondary schools, while delinquency and hyperactivity are more prevalent in primary schools. Thirdly, school level and school type are the strongest predictors of externalizing behavior. Lastly, correspondence analysis showed a similar behavioral pattern for the three behaviors and three distinct behavioral patterns. i). Respondents aged 10 and below and those in primary schools (ii). Male, public and between 16 and 20. iii). Private, secondary, female and between 11 and 15. Implications of the study are discussed.
Highlights
The present study analyzes the data published earlier on the externalizing behavior of primary school pupils and secondary students of three local government areas of Ota in Ogun State, Nigeria [1]
The study is motivated by the quest to obtain the pattern of externalizing behavior using four (4) demographic variables
The regression coefficient model indicates that school type and school level contributed significantly to the model while gender and age did not
Summary
The present study analyzes the data published earlier on the externalizing behavior of primary (elementary) school pupils and secondary (high school) students of three local government areas of Ota in Ogun State, Nigeria [1]. Externalizing behavior can manifest as rebellion to constituted authority or failure to comply with stated rules, aggressive tendencies, anti-social behavior, attention deficiencies and disruptive attitudes triggered by impulsivity and under control of emotions. Both behavior disorders differs by their regulatory tactics [4], they are both influenced by teacher-child conflict [5, 6] and can be as a result of biological processes such as hereditary and genetic [7], ailments [8], prenatal cocaine exposure [9], prenatal maternal stress [10], pregnancy-related complications [11] and shared environment [12]. Low socioeconomic status [56] and declining life satisfaction [57] can attenuate the effect of the intervention program
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