Counseling Psychology

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    Behavioral Problems of Government and Private High School Adolescents in Adama Town
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06) Gobna, Edae; Andualem, Tamirie (Ato)
    This study tried to see the commonly prevailing behavioral problems among high school students; the perceived effects of these behavioral problems on students' academic performance and on teachers' job related morals, the differences and/or similarities between Government and Private high school students on the types and perceived effects of the problems, and create awareness in all school stake holders so as to have positive regard towards students with behavioral problems. The study has the sample of 161 of which 106 are students and 55 are teachers selected from 4 of the 10 schools in Adama town. Students were selected using stratified sampling and then systematic sampling from each strata; teachers also were selected using the above sampling methods; where as school administrators and student council members were selected using comprehensive sampling method As this study is more of descriptive, the obtained data of the quantitative part is analyzed in terms of percentage while the qualitative part is in discussion form. The instruments used are open and close ended questionnaire andfocus group discussion. The obtained result reveals that; not doing home work and class work (78.18%), being passive in class (78.18%), short al/ention span to education (74.55%), and disturbing in class or outside (69.09%) to be the commonly prevailing behavioral problems; from the three categories of behavioral problems the one related to problematic students is found to be high (49.1%) in its occurrence as compared to others, though others also have their own share problems against teachers (44.2%) and problems against other students (45.63%). The study also revealed that, students' behavioral problems have perceived effects on their academic performance and on teachers' job related stress. More over, it is found that though both share many behavioral problems in common; the problems seem to be high in private schools than in government schools. In conclusion, students' behavioral problems that are identified have effects on their academic performance and teachers' job-related stress unless joint effort is made by all stakeholders to alleviate them