Strategies for Controlling Aggression among Secondary School Students in Bayelsa State

Abstract

The study evaluated the strategies for controlling aggression among secondary school students in Bayelsa State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Three research questions and corresponding hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The population of the study was all students and teachers in the 192 public secondary schools in Bayelsa state. A sample of 567 comprising of 100 teachers and 467 SS3 students were randomly selected from the population. The instrument for data collection was a “Strategies for Controlling Students’ Aggression Questionnaire (SCSAQ)” developed by the researcher and validated by experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha formula and a coefficient of 0.87 was obtained which was considered appropriate for the study. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed that the extent of implementation of strategies for controlling students aggression in secondary schools was low. It was recommended amongst others that the school management should be encouraged to implement the strategies for controlling students’ aggression in secondary schools in Bayelsa state.