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ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to determine how secondary school principals vary in their stress management behaviours on the basis of some specified variables. Ex-post Facto research design was adopted for the study. This study was carried out in Akwa Ibom State. The population of this study is comprised of all public secondary school principals in Akwa Ibom State. There are 234 principals in Akwa Ibom State. A simple random sampling technique was used in selecting 200 out of 234 principals for the studies. This gave a total of 200 respondents used for the study. The instrument used in this study for data collection was a questionnaire titled "Principal's Variables and Stress Management Behaviors Questionnaire (PVSMBQ)". Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out by two experts (one in test and measurement and one in educational administration and planning) to ensure that the instrument has the accuracy, appropriateness, and completeness for the study under consideration. For the content reliability test, Cronbach's alpha techniques were used. The survey data was organised and analyzed, with descriptive analysis used to answer the research questions and an independent t-test used to test the null hypotheses. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. Based on the findings of the research work, conclusions were made that there is significant difference in stress management behaviours of younger and older principals. Also that there is significant difference in stress management behaviour of male and female principals. One of the recommendations made was that the older principals should adopt the type of stress management behaviour of younger principals.

KEYWORDS: Age, Gender, Management Behaviours, Principals and Akwa Ibom State