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Effect Of Cognitive Restructuring Technique On Fear Tendency Among Secondary School Students In Owerri Municipal Council Of Imo State

Volume 2 - Issue 1, January 2018 Edition
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Author(s)
Oguzie, Alphonsus Ekejiuba, Ani Donpedro Nnachetam, Obi Bibiana Akukananwa, Onyegirim Bernadeth Ogechi
Keywords
Cognitive Restructuring, Counsellor, Fear Tendency, Secondary School,
Abstract
This study investigated the Effect of Cognitive Restructuring Technique on Fear Tendency among Secondary School Students in Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 guided this study. Quasi-experimental research design was adopted for this study. The population for this study was a total of 468 (SS2) students that have fear tendency from all public Secondary Schools in Owerri Municipal. Research sample consisted of 56 students with the highest pretest mean scores of fear tendency measuring instrument from the two co-educational schools selected through purposive sampling technique. The Fear Tendency Detecting Instrument (FTDI) was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected from the study were analysed using mean and ANCOVA. Results obtained from the study indicated that cognitive restructuring technique was significantly effective in reducing fear tendency among the students. The results equally showed that cognitive restructuring technique was more effective in reducing fear tendency among the female participants than their male counterpart. However, the difference in the reduction of students’ fear tendency was not significant based on gender. The researchers recommended, among others, that cognitive restructuring technique should be adopted by school counsellors as an effective means of controlling fear tendency among their students.
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