EFFECT OF COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING STRATEGY ON BULLYING AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN OBOLLO-AFOR EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE

📄 Project Abstract

This study sought to explore the effects of cognitive restructuring strategy on bullying among primary school pupils in Obollo Afor Education Zone of Enugu State. The effect of gender on the mean bully adjustment scores of pupils who were exposed to cognitive restructuring strategy was examined. The interaction effect of cognitive restructuring strategy and gender on the mean bullying adjustment scores of pupils was also explored. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The design is pretest-posttest control group design, involving one treatment and one control group. The population of this study comprised 749 elementary five pupils identified with bullying behavior in public primary schools in Obollo-Afor Education Zone in 2014/2015 session. The sample for this study comprised 74 identified bullies from four public primary schools in Obollo-Afor Education Zone having the highest number of bullies based on data from preliminary survey that was conducted. St...