EFFECT OF SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING AND VALUES CLARIFICATION COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KONTAGORA METROPOLIS, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
EFFECT OF SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING AND VALUES CLARIFICATION COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KONTAGORA METROPOLIS, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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2021-04
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JIMOH, Yunusa Abejide
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Abstract
This study investigated the effect of social skills training and values clarification counselling
techniques on aggressive behaviours of senior secondary school students in Kontagora
Metropolis, Niger State, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of social
skills training and values clarification counselling techniques on aggressive behaviours (hostile,
emotional, instrumental & relational) of senior secondary school students in Kontagora, Niger
State, Nigeria. Pretest posttest quasi experimental design was adopted. Behaviour Rating Scale
(with coefficient of 0.90) was used for the identification of the participants. The population of
the study was one hundred and one (101) senior secondary school students identified with
characteristics of aggression in Kontagora Metropolis, Niger State, Nigeria. A sample size of
thirty (30)participants was purposively selected and fifteen (15) subjects each were assigned into
two groups of social skills training and values clarification counselling. Students‘ Behaviour
Questionnaire (with coefficient of 0.82) wasused to obtain data for both pre-test and post-test.
The intervention sessions lasted for ten weeks (two sessions of 60minutes each per week)for
each of the two treatment groups. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of
mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics of paired sample t-test and Multivariate
Analysis of Covariance. The findings revealed that social skills training counselling technique
had significant effect on hostileaggressive behaviours of senior secondary school students
(t=15.75, p=.000). However, social skills training counselling technique had no significant effect
on emotional aggressive behavioursof senior secondary school students(t-.80, p=.435). The
findings also revealed that values clarification counselling technique had a significant effect on
hostile, emotional and relational aggressive behaviours of students (t=11.00, p=.000; t=6.15,
p=.000 and t=7.54, p=.000) respectively. It was concluded that social skills training and values
clarification counselling techniques had significant effect on aggressive behaviours of senior
secondary school students in Kontagora, Niger State, Nigeria.It was recommended that school
counsellors and psychologists should employ social skill training and values clarification
counselling techniques in reducing aggressive behavioursofsenior secondary school students.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
(PH.D) IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
EFFECT,, SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING,, VALUES CLARIFICATION COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES,, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR,, SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, KONTAGORA METROPOLIS,, NIGER STATE,, NIGERIA