EFFECT OF ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING TECHNIQUE ON BULLYING BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
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This study examined the effect of the Assertiveness Training technique on bullying behaviour of secondary school students in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study, while two null hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. The study adopted a quasi-experimental, non-equivalent pre-test and post-test, control group design. A sample of 94 student bullies made up 54 males and 40 females were purposively drawn from two schools with the highest number of bullies and used for the study. Students Bullying Behaviour Identification Scale (SBBIS) and Students Bullying Behaviour Questionnaire (SBBQ) were adapted as instruments for data collection. The reliability of the instruments was established using Cronbach Alpha and with coefficients of 0.88 for SBBQ and 0.96 for SBBIS. SBBIS was administered two weeks before the commencement of the treatment aimed at identifying and screening of bullies while SBBQ was used for the pretesting and post-testing for the three groups. Mean was used to answer research questions, while the null hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA). The findings of the study revealed that the Assertiveness Training technique was effective in reducing bullying behaviours of secondary school students. The findings equally indicated that the difference in the effectiveness of the Assertiveness Training technique on bullying behaviours of male and female secondary school students was not significant. Based on the findings of the study it was recommended among others that assertiveness training techniques should be used by guidance counsellors working in secondary schools should modify behaviours of students with bullying behaviour.
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