Pages: (76-82 )
Abstract
Peer victimization constitute a significant threat to the mental, social and psychological well-being of school children, it has caused an increase in the rate of mortality, and some students have sustained a lifetime injury as a result of peer victimization. This study examined the effects of rational emotive therapy and reality therapy on peer victimization among public secondary school students in Ikenne local government Ogun State.
The population for the study consist of students who exhibits peer victimization behaviours in public secondary schools in Ikenne local government. Simple random sampling techniques were used to select four secondary schools while purposive sampling was used to select 30 participants from the counsellor’s records in each of the schools, making a total of 120 participant’s. The study made use of survey research design. Two hypotheses were formulated and adolescent peer relation inventory (APRI) was the instrument use for data collection and independent t-test was used to analyze the data at the 0.05 level of significance
Result reveals no significant difference between gender on peer victimization (t = .518, p > .05). There was a significant difference between age on peer victimization (t = .006, p > .05). Based on the findings, it is recommended that the government can make a policy that each school both private and public school should have a professional counsellor with a well equip counselling unit where both male and female students irrespective of their age, with anti-social behavior will be checked and counselled. Teachers, policymakers, and school administrators should also help in referring students who are exhibiting peer victimization behavior to the school counsellor.
Keywords: gender, age, peer victimization,