ABSTRACT Sexual activities among adolescents have been reported to be on the increase. The trend across the world shows that many adolescents are initiating sexual activity from as early as 10 years with many disastrous effects on their lives, health and education. These behaviors predispose teenagers to academic risks by reducing their motivation to learn, as well as their feeling of connectedness to academic performance. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of teenage s...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relative effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Reality Therapy in managing adolescent psychosocial problems such as low self-esteem, depression, aggression and anxiety. The moderating effect of gender was also examined. A total of 150 adolescents with mean age of 17.8 years drawn from three orphanages in Lagos and Ogun States of Nigeria constituted the final sample. They were made up of 81 males and $9 females. The study utilized an experimental...
Abstract Guidance and Counseling in secondary schools in Kenya is of major concern especially after" the ban on corporal punishment. School administrators in secondary schools have been given the mandate to establish and maintain effective Guidance and Counseling services in the schools. However, the situation on the ground reveals that Guidance and Counseling services are not effective in many schools in Kenya. The study assessed the influence of school administration in promoting effective ...
ABSTRACT Burnout is persistent physical, mental or emotional exhaustion caused by long term stress, usually as a result of excessive workplace and/or personal responsibilities. Since burnout cannot coexist with engagement it's a serious problem for institutions like schools that rely on teachers for good academic performance of the learners. Literatures reviewed indicate that teachers in secondary schools burn-out in the course of their working. However no scholarly research pertaining to bur...
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The world is increasingly becoming more and more complex on daily basis. A person needs to behave in competent ways if he or she is to maximise the opportunities that come his or her way. There are different dimensions of competence and each individual manifests in different ways. For instance, academic competence may involve the mastery of some learning tasks while behavioural competence may take the form of maintaining control over external events. Social competence,...
ABSTRACT Kisumu city has public and charitable children institutions. Of these there seem to be apparent variation in the outcome from both counseling and academic achievement. This is despite the fact that there are counseling services and teaching assumedly going on in all these institutions. Evidence provided by adult and continuing education Kisumu city showed that there was negative variation in the KCPE mean score between 2010 and 2013. The overall mean score for CCIs in KCPE was 229.58...
ABSTRACT Since some secondary schools are known to offer guidance services to their students in Bendel State, it is logical to expect that certain benefits are likely to be derived by the beneficiaries. Already, there is a growing awareness in Nigeria about the usefulness of these services but there is a dearth of concrete date for assessing the role fulfilled by counselling in the growth and development of secondary school students. It is also known that some Nigerians do not believe in the ...
Abstract Guidance and Counselling is usually designed to achieve certain ends for a particular society. It is therefore practised within a frame work of values and goals. Guidance and Counselling cannot therefore successfully be practised in the Nigerian setting without a synthesis of the values and ultimate goals of its services. The major problem tackled by the present study is what Guidance Counsellors' value commitments are in the Nigerian setting where Guidance and Counselling has been w...
A I?>STRACT It has been observed that students' attitude to academic work has declined if) recent time and consequently, mass failure in public examinations has been on the increase. The problem has been attributed to various reasons, of which the delivery of academic content to students is the most prominent. It is therefore imperative that more modern teaching strategies be adopted for the delivery of academic content. This study, therefore, examined the current trend in teaching and learni...
Abstract There appears to be an observed progressive drop in the age of sexual maturation among Nigerian adolescents. There is also progressive urbanization, industrialization and diffusion of western values into the culture, especially in relation to sexual morals and behaviour. The extent to which these changes may affect the sexual maturation processes, and their implications for health and the adolescents 'family life education and counselling were studied. A cross-sectional evaluation of...
ABSTRACT Students with learning disabilities are faced with cognitive impairment and emotional problems which compound their academic difficulties and general well-being. Prominent among the emotional difficulties is test anxiety which has been noted to play a significant role in students‟ achievement. Despite the problems associated with test anxiety, research efforts on students with learning disabilities have been directed towards mainly meeting the academic needs of students with learni...
ABSTRACT Introduction The experience of depression is common among cancer patients and has been found to be significantly associated with impaired quality of life [1]. In Nigeria, despite documented cases of depression among cancer patients in different clinics [2], psychosocial support for depression and other emotional, social, or psychological problems for this population is not widely documented. The need for psychosocial interventions and support is particularly crucial in Africa with �...
ABSTRACT In this research a quantitative approach was employed to conduct a correlation study on the possible impact of retained primitive reflexes on concentration problems. Secondary data from existing client documents were used. These comprised the test scores of four of the cognitive processes included in the Cognitive Assessment System (Naglieri & Das, 1997a) – Planning, Attention, Simultaneous and Successive processes. The outcomes of an observation study indicating the presence of f...
Abstract The diagnosis of cancer and its treatment have serious multiple impacts on the different domains of the patients’ lives as well as that of their caregivers. It is often challenging for patients to cope effectively with the social, emotional, spiritual and physical impact of the disease without psychosocial support. Psychosocial health services refer to those psychological and social services as well as interventions provided to patients to enable them, their families, and health ca...
ABSTRACT This research study endeavoured to introduce the term and practice of redshirting to local discussions related to school readiness and the best age to send a late birthdate learner to formal schooling. The main objective was to determine whether the practice of redshirting leaners made a significant difference in their academic performance when they are compared to those who went to school according to their age. A quantitative research methodology was used, and secondary data, name...