Socio-Demographic Stimulation of Anti-Social Behaviour among Senior Secondary School Students in Port-Harcourt
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2021
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Lapai Journal of Nigerian History
Abstract
Anti-social behaviour can be seen as an overall lack of adherence to
social norms and standards of people to co-exist peacefully in a society.
However, there is an increase rate of anti-social behaviour in the society
today espeially amongthe adolescents.Very many secondary school
students with anti-social behaviour have a low tolerance for frustration;
as they act on impulse, lose their temper quickly, lie easily and skilfully.
Anti-social behaviour can become part of youthful behaviour and harmful
to the society at large if not controlled as well checkmate. It is against this
backdrop that this paper attempts to investigate the socio-demographic
correlates of anti-social behaviour among senior secondary school
students in Port-Harcourt, River State, Nigeria.300 questionnaires were
distributed;150 in the public school and 150 in two private schools.Simple
percentage, t-test, One way-Annova and Simple Linear Regression were
used for the data analysis. The findings revealed that there is a significant
difference among public schools and private schools [t (298) = 1.487, p<
0.05]. There is a significant difference based on family type [t (295) = .003,
p< 0.05], Age is also significant [F (3, 296) = 4.796, p = 0.003]. Finding
shows the need for social work services in our secondary schools. The
study recommends a comprehensive early social work intervention with
families and schools. Furthermore, social workers and policy makers
should plan appropriate preventive and intervention programmes for
students with anti-social behaviour. More research should be done in
this field of study, as it was limited mainly to three schools