PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS AND MEASURES FOR CURBING BULLYING AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN ANAMBRA STATENIGERIA.

Abstract

The study investigated the psychological dimensions and measures for curbing bullying among in-school adolescents in Anambra State, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was used. Two research questions and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The population comprised all the 5, 827 teachers and 261 principals from the 261 secondary schools in Anambra state. A sample of 450 teachers and 90 principals was randomly selected from the six education zones using simple random sampling technique. A researcher-developed questionnaire named “Psychological Dimensions of Bullying”...