Unsecure School Environment and School Phobic Behavior

Abstract

This study determines the level of student’s school phobic behavior as a result of insecurity of school environment. The study was guided by one research question and one null hypothesis. The population of the study was all the secondary schools in Maiduguri, Borno state numbering about the same of the study was senior secondary students in Maiduguri metropolis. Data was collected by the use of school refusal scale developed by Kneary and Sliverman (1993). The data collected were analyzed by the use of descriptive statistic of determine the level of students school phobic behavior as well as ascertain the difference of students school phobic behavior across gender. The result indicated that the SRS students’ scores were normally distributed and that there was no significant difference between male and female school phobic behavior. Some research commendations were suggested.

Keywords: insecurity, environment, phobic behavior, school