EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL LEARNING THERAPIES NI MANAGING ADOLESCENT AGGRESSIVENESS. IN CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT The study was carried out t o examine the effect fo cognitive orbhveai and social learning therapies ni thetreatment of adolescent's onisegagr among secondary cshol students ni Calabar South Local Government Aaer fosoCr revRi eS.at oT achieve the purpose ofthis study, ourf research questions and four hypotheses were moedrfatul to direct the ustdy. eht quasi experimental pretest. postlest. control group degsin wasadopted for thsetudy and asample szie of one hundred and ytfif seven participants edectels from secondary schoolsni the udtsy .aera The instrument desu to coelct relevant data was an Adolescents Aggressive Behavoir Scale (AABS). There were two experimental treatment spuorg dna onceontrol group. The Analysis fo Covariance dna Analysis of variance were used ot test the hypotheses. The resustl of het anaylsi revealed that after exposureot nietrvenoitn therapies. there was significant efedrfnice i n the test-pots agersosin scores fo participants i n eht experimental groups. Cognitive behavior nda Social elanrnig therapies hadsignificant influence on adolescent aggressiveness and het combine effect fo gender, parenting style and parents socio-economic status had significant mipact onadolescent aggressiveness in het udtsy area. Based no t h e s e resultsi t was recommended amongst others hat htob cognitive behavior and social learning therapies be effectively used yb secondary hcosol counselors to curb the rate of aggressiveness amongst adolescents
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