EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL LEARNING THERAPIES ON MANAGING ADOLESCENTS AGGRESSIVENESS

EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL LEARNING THERAPIES ON MANAGING ADOLESCENTS AGGRESSIVENESS

ABSTRACT

The work Effects of cognitive behaviour and social learning therapies on managing adolescent’s aggressiveness in Secondary school is concerned with adolescence which is the third phase of human development. This is characterized by stress and storm. Unresolved identity crisis coupled with some factors such as parenting styles, socio-economic status, religion, and peer pressure lead to aggression. The study adopts an experimental research with 3 x 2 x 3 x 3 factorial design. The variables in the study include the independent variables, which consist of cognitive behaviour and social learning therapies and control group. The intervening variables are gender, socio-economic status and parenting styles while the dependent variable is aggression. A sample size of 90 adolescents is purposively selected. Participants are randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. The three instruments relevant to this study are: Conduct disorder scale, Socio-Economic Scale and Parenting Styles Scale. Eight research hypotheses are raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The procedure for data collection include the pre and post tests administered to the participants. Participants are exposed to intervention sessions twice a week for the period of eight weeks. Data collected from the study are analyzed using both the descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The study reveals the parenting style, the prevalent parental socioeconomic status is the medium. A significant difference exists in the pre-test and posttest. The results from the tested hypotheses are: There is no significant difference in the prominence in aggression of the followings: prevalence of paternal and maternal parenting styles, cognitive behaviour and social learning therapies and cognitive behaviour and social learning therapies on the basis of gender and parental SES. Others include parenting styles, age, educational level, and length of stay at the correctional centres. There is a significant difference in the followings: degree of severity of aggression before and after treatment, treatment of aggression of participants in the two experimental groups when compared with the control group and cognitive behaviour and social learning therapies on the basis of religion. Recommendations are proffered in the study.

CHAPTER ONE

Abstract

CHAPTER 1:  INTRODUCTION

1.    Background to the Study

2.    Statement of Problem

3.    Scope of study

4.    Objectives of Study

5.    Significance of Study

6.    Research Questions

7.    ÂResearch Hypothesis

8.    Research Methodology

9.    Sources of Data

1.10 Outline of Chapters

 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1:  Conceptual framework
2.2:  The concept of financial system
2.2.1: The concept of financial distress
2.2.2: The types of banks
2.3: The gap in financial system¦
2.4: The role of banks in filling the gaps in financial system
2.5: The structure of Nigeria banking system
2.6: The distress in commercial and merchant bank
2.7: Causes of distress in commercial and merchant bank
2.8: commercial and merchant bank and economic growth
2.9: The effects of commercial and merchant bank distress on the growth of
the economy

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3. Introduction
3.1 Theoretical framework

3.2 Nature of research method
3.3 Sources of Data
3.4 Method of data presentation and analysis

CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Presentation of Data
4.3: Data Analysis and Results
4.4: Testing of Hypothesis and Discussion of Results

CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1: Summary¦

1.    Findings

5.3 Recommendations
5.4 Conclusion
5.5 Limitation of the studies
APPENDIXES:
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