EFFECTS OF AGGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT TRAINING ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ADOLESCENTS ANGER IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IMO STATE.

Abstract

The study investigated effects of aggressive replacement training on the management of adolescents’ anger in public senior secondary schools in Imo State. To achieve the aims of the study, two research questions were asked and two corresponding hypotheses were formulated and tested. This study adopted the quasi – experimental, pre-test, post-test control group design. The population of the study consists of a total of 94,963 students from 312 secondary schools in Imo State. The sample for this study was 69 SSII with anger problems. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting three schools that have the highest number of students with anger issues. The instruments for data collection were rating scale and inventory constructed by the researcher titled Adolescent Anger Scale (AAS) and Adolescent Anger Inventory (AAI). The instruments were validated by five research specialists in Educational Psychology and one in Psychometrics. Reliability coefficients of 0.82 for AAS and 0.88 for AAI were obtained using Cronbach alpha statistics. The researcher conducted a ten-week intensive orientation with the aid of three counselors (research assistants) as the pretest, posttest and follow-up tested were conducted. Mean scores and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. The result revealed that aggressive replacement training was more effective and significantly different from conventional counseling in management of anger among adolescent students. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that schools and mental health professionals should consider implementing Aggressive Replacement Training (ART) as an evidence-based intervention for managing anger among adolescent students.