EFFECTS OF MODELING STRATEGY ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ANAMBRA STATE
This study investigated the effects of modeling strategy on Aggressive Behaviour of Secondary School Students in Anambra State. The purpose was to determine the effects of modeling strategy on aggressive behaviour of secondary school students in Onitsha Education Zone. Two research questions guided the study and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study employed the pre-test post-test quasi experimental research design. A total of one hundred and eighty-one (181) students (93 male and 88 female) drawn from intact classes of two co-educational school located in Onitsha were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was an inventory called Aggressive Behaviour Inventory (ABI) with 22 items. The instrument was subjected to construct validation using factor analysis and tested for reliability using Cronbach alpha, which yielded internal of 0.65 and 0.79 respectively. Group one was subjected to modeling approach while group two was subjected to conventional approach. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviations while analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 significance level. The findings of the study revealed among others that modeling counseling strategy has significant effect on aggressive behaviour of secondary school students. It further revealed that modeling counselling strategy reduced the aggressive behaviour of secondary school students. Based on these findings the study recommended among others that school counsellor should use modeling counselling strategy to help students reduce or discard their aggressive behaviours.
Keywords: aggressive, anambra, behaviour, effects, modeling, school, secondary, state, strategy, students