Peer Influence on Aggressive Behaviour of Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Bungoma County

Abstract

The study sought to examine the extent to which adolescent students’ peers influence aggressive behaviour among students in Bungoma County. The sample size for this study was 467. The student sample of 379 was drawn from (form two) student population of 30,000. The school sample of 22 was sampled from a population of 220 schools. The principal and teacher counsellor samples of 22 respectively, were drawn from a population of 220 and the selection were proportionate to the 22 schools. The form two students were purposively selected. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling were used to sample schools and students respectively. The study used questionnaires to collect data. The instruments were pretested in 3 of the 22 schools. Pearson Correlation Statistics were used to test the significance of the stated hypotheses at a= .05. The t- Test was used to test the difference in expression of aggression between boys and girls. ANOVA was used to compare the means. Descriptive statistics such as: means, frequencies and percentages were used to describe data collected. All analyses were aided by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22