Therapeutic Strategies (Resiliency & Self-Control) in Reducing Late Adolescents’ Risky Smoking Behaviour in Oyo State, Nigeria

Cigarette Smoking is one of the risky behavioural problems of exploration and experimentation of theadolescents. One of every six Nigerian adolescents is a smoker, hence the adolescents need help. This studyinvestigates the efficacy of resiliency and self-control strategies on the management of late adolescents’ riskysmoking behavior. The study adopted experimental design with a 3x2 factorial index. 120 senior secondaryschool students were randomly selected from three secondary schools, consisting of only male students withdiverse characteristics. The treatment lasted for eight weeks. Adolescents Smoking Behaviour AssessmentQuestionnaire was used for the study. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was adopted for thereliability with internal consistency of 0.95 (r=0.95). The choice of items and its selection determined the contentvalidity, with 25 items finally used. Two hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Thefindings reveal that self-control strategy significantly affect smoking behaviour of the late adolescents (F(1,39)=18.103, P<0.05). Also resiliency strategy significantly affect the smoking behavior of the late adolescents(F(1, 39) =15.883, P<0.05). The two strategies are effective in the management of late adolescents’ risky smokingbehaviour. The duo can always complement each other in treatment.