EFFECT OF TIME-OUT TECHNIQUE ON VERBAL AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GIWA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of time-out technique on verbal aggressive behaviour among secondary school students in Giwa Educational Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Pre-test/post-test quasi experimental design was used for this study. Population of the study comprised 54 students identified with high aggressive behaviour from Government Secondary School Jama’a. Purposive Sampling Technique was used to select 20 students with the highest scores in physical and verbal aggression as the sample of the study based on their scores from the aggressive behaviour checklist. Aggressive behaviour questionnaire was administered to obtain pre and post-test scores data in the study. The instrument was validated and has a reliability of 0.805. Research hypotheses were tested using paired sample t-test and independent t-test at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that: there is significant effect of Time-Out technique on verbal aggression (p=.000) among secondary school students in Giwa educational zone of Kaduna State. Findings further revealed that: there was no significant gender difference on effect of Time-Out technique on verbal aggression (p=.908) among secondary school students in Giwa Educational zone of Kaduna State. Thus, it was concluded that Time-Out technique is effective in reducing verbal aggression among secondary school students. It was also concluded that Time-out technique is effective for both male and female students It is recommended that Psychologists and Counsellors through seminars and workshops should expose and train Teachers, School administrators and Parents on the use of Time-out technique in reducing verbal aggression among secondary school students.

Keywords: Time-out Technique and Verbal Aggressive Behaviour