FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ADOLESCENTS’ EMOTION REGULATION IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL OF HARARI REGIONAL STATE

Abstract

This study examined factors contributing for adolescents’ emotion Regulation in secondary schools of Harari Regional State. The study pursued a correlational research design where two standardized tests (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV and Emotion Regulation for Adolescents) are employed to measure family cohesion and adolescents’ emotion regulation. For this propose, data were collected from 311 grade nine and ten students using stratified random sampling technique from the total secondary school in Harari Regional State. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The analysis employed SPSS version 20 to calculate Pearson Correlation Coefficient, one way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA and multiple regression .The Pearson correlation results indicated that family cohesion is very important variable in determining adolescents’ emotion regulation. Results of the one way ANOVA also showed that adolescents’ emotion regulation differ as a result of their parent’s educational level. In addition, the two-way ANOVA indicated that adolescents’ emotion regulation changed as a function of the combined effects of family structure and gender. The multiple regressions revealed that, family cohesion added significant value to the prediction of emotion regulation. Generally, it can be concluded that gender, family structure, family cohesion and parent’s educational level contribute to adolescent’s emotion regulation. Finally, the findings of this particular study would lead to a recommendation were made for Harari secondary school administrators, parents, government should create awareness, training for parents and school directors related to adolescents emotion regulation and students themselves. That government, school administrators, teachers, parents, researchers should give due emphasis to emotion regulation. School personnel's and counselors should give due emphasis to adolescent’s emotion regulation and should act accordingly as this is the key for holistic development of adolescents