Psychosocial environment and hetero aggressiveness in some private secondary school in Yaounde III subdivision

Abstract

This research work is entitled ‘Psychosocial environment and student hetero aggressiveness in some private secondary schools in Yaounde III subdivision’. Despite the efforts put in place by the Cameroon government to eradicate school violence, it has been rather on an increase. The main objective of this study was therefore to investigate the influence of psychosocial environment on students’ hetero aggressiveness in some private secondary schools in Yaounde III subdivision. Some specific objective taken into consideration were how the home environment, school environment and teachers attitude influence students’ hetero aggressiveness This study was grounded on the theory of operant condition (1937) by B.F Skinner, Icek Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour (1988) and the social learning theory Albert Bandura (1977). To attain this objective, the study employed the quantitative research approach. The quantitative data was obtained using questionnaires. A total of 165 students where purposefully selected from five private secondary schools in Yaounde III subdivision. The relativity of the approach was measured by A regression analysis. The data was analysed with the aid od SPSS version 21. The general hypothesis was verified and confirmed that psychosocial environment has a significant effect on students’ hetero aggressiveness, and three specific hypothesis were used. All hypothesis tasted were verified at 0.5 degree of significance, meaning 95% of confidence. This implies that psychosocial environment has a significant effect on students’ hetero aggressiveness. Based on this, it was recommended that the government should re-enforce counselors in private schools who will give constant report to the ministry and to put in place reliable councils that will focus more on teachers and students. Teachers should periodically introduce social reflection elements such as debates on conflicts and problems in the class, and openly discuss them in classroom. Key words: home environment, school environment, teacher’s attitude, hetero aggress