GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

The study examined the stress management behaviours of younger and older principals in Akwa Ibom State. To achieve this one objective and one research question was developed. The study adopted an Ex-post Facto research design. The study area is Akwa Ibom State which is one of the thirty-six (36) states of Federal Republic of Nigeria. The population of this study 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. The researcher developed one instrument tagged “PRINCIPAL’S VARIABLES AND STRESS MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOURS QUESTIONNAIRE (PVSMBQ) for collection of data. The instrument was validated by two experts in educational administration and planning. Each hypothesis was re-stated and the variables inherent in each were identified and the appropriate statistical analysis/technique used for testing can be seen subsequently as all the hypothesis were stated in their null forms and tested at 0.5 level of significance. Based on the findings of the research work, it was concluded that there is significant difference in stress management behaviours of younger and older principals. It was recommended that the older principals should adopt the type of stress management behaviour of younger principals.