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Career choice is a critical decision that significantly shapes an individual's life trajectory, influencing their personal fulfillment, financial stability, and social contribution. While various factors influence career decisions, parents play a pivotal ro...
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Alcohol abuse among youths is a significant public health concern worldwide, with its effects extending to various aspects of individuals' lives, including health behavior. Several socio-cultural factors contribute to the prevalence of alcohol abuse among y...
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With the advancement of civilization, social media has gained more importance in people's daily lives, impacting their overall life satisfaction, social trust, and emotions (Clement, 2019). The rapid and exponential expansion of social media has given rise to a new social environment. The modes of communication have evolved from conventional in-person co...
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Aging is a natural process accompanied by physiological, psychological, and social changes. In rural areas like Giade Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State, Nigeria, where resources and healthcare infrastructure may be limited, addressing the needs of the...
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The study habits of university students are indeed a critical factor in determining their academic success. Effective study habits, such as time management, consistent study schedules, and focused study sessions, are crucial for academic achievement (Credé & Kuncel, 2015). Nevertheless, students frequently encounter various challenges that have an impact on their capacity to sustain efficient study habits, one of w...
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According to Onyehalu (1986), the family is the adolescent model. The social learning theory provides a comprehensive picture of the role of parents in socializing children. Children can learn the patents' norms and value system through imitation and modeling (Imaobong, 2002). Onyehalu (1986) study on juvenile delinquency found that family background is directly associated to juvenile delinquency. It was strik...
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Some nurses have been perceived to have poor interpersonal relationships with patients. This, could affect their productivity and also inhibit psychological torture and wellness of patients. Thus, nurses require emotional labour to overcome these challenges. Emotional labour is the degree of one‟s display of appropriate emotion in response to the patient and the management of feelings to create a publicly observable emotional display as the situation demands. Transactional...
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The importance of dissertation writing towards sustaining academic and intellectual culture cannot be overemphasised. However, the dissertation processes are often fraught with certain inhibiting factors such as low efficacy and anxiety. Hence, there is the need to build in the students a minimum level of confidence and efficacy through cognitive therapies such as metacognitive strategy and achievement motivation training. Previous studies on successful completion of doctor...
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The number of candidates seeking admission into universities is increasing at geometrical rate without a corresponding increase in the number of available space. After passing the School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) conducted by either West African Examinations Council (WAEC) or National Examinations Council (NECO) and the University Matriculation Examination (UME), the candidates are admitted into various academic programmes. However, at the end of every session, the Gr...
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Ineffective school adjustment is one of the challenges of academic achievement in secondary schools in Nigeria. Poor adjustment to school transition has negative effects on student‘s well-being which in turn adversely affect their performance. Studies revealed that issues such as anxiety, attitude to school, motivation, interest in schooling, peer influence etc impact positively and negatively on secondary school student‘s transition from one class to another. H...
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The clamour for the inclusion of entrepreneurship in the curriculum of Nigerian universities has been on the increase. This growing interest may not be unconnected with the rapid rise in the rate of unemployment among school leavers in every facet of human endeavour. Studies on entrepreneurship in the developed countries have been extensive, but research work in Nigeria has not been adequate in investigating the psychosocial factors responsible for entrepreneurial intention...
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This study investigated the effects of brainstorming counselling technique on low self-esteem of secondary school students in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The quasi experimental, pre-test, post-test control design guided the study. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated. The population of the study comprised all the JSS III students in the two randomly selected public schools in Kaduna North Local Government Area....
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This study investigated the effects of brainstorming and thought stopping counselling techniques on academic task-avoidance among secondary school students in Minna metropolis, Nigeria. Five research questions were formulated with their correspondinghypotheses to guide the study. The hypotheses postulated were tested at 0.05 Alpha level of significance. Quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study using pretest, post-test, control group design. A sample size of 48 pa...
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The study examined the Assessment of Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students on Standardized Economics Achievement Test in Bauchi, Bauchi State Nigeria. The study adopted Expost facto research design. The population of the study consisted of 18,389 Senior Secondary students. Clusters sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 377 from Eight Senior Secondary School Students across three Educational zones by the application of Kcrejcie and morgan...
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This study assessed the effect of Positive Reinforcement on Mathematics Anxiety among Primary School Pupils in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. Two Counselling Techniques of Token Economy and Praise were used to address the problem of Mathematics Anxiety among Primary School Pupils in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State The study employed quasi-experiment involving pre-test and posttest research design. Six research questions with corresponding null hypotheses...
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The importance of marital adjustment cannot be over-emphasized; the adjustment of each marriage or family is eventually the growth of the nation at large. Marital adjustment as referred to in this study as individual‟s subjective experience of marriage in terms of how their needs will be met, and how the individual‟s expectations and desires are to be satisfied. In addition satisfaction of the needs of each spouse is essential to marital adju...
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Adolescents have always been exposed to peer influence and parental support, but the kinds of peer influence that they encounter have changed tremendously in the past years. Peers can influence everything from what an adolescent chooses to wear to whether or not an adolescent engages in drug related or other delinquent behavior. Thus, knowledge of the effects of peer support is important for all in the society. Teachers and other education pr...
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The study examined the effects of Sequential Decision-Making and Cognitive-Restructuring Techniques on Stress among Female students of Colleges of Education in Kano State, Nigeria. Quasi-experimental Design involving Pre-test, Post-test Group Design was employed. The population of the study comprised of NCE II female students in Kano state, identified with stress symptoms. A sample of 28 respondents made up of fourteen (14) married and single were assigned into two (2) trea...
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This study examined the Effects of Rational Self Analysis (RSA) and Cognitive Restructuring (CR) Counselling Techniques on Bullying Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. It has six stated objectives to carry out the study upon which six research questions, hypotheses and basic assumptions were respectively or correspondingly formulated. The research design used for this study was quasi experimental design using pre-test post-test. 164 sec...
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This study investigated the effects of positive reinforcementand social skills training counselling techniques on sullenness among senior secondary school students in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria.A quasi – experimental design of pretest, posttest controlgroup was employed for this study. The population of the study consisted ofone hundred and fifty (150)senior secondary school students who showed symptoms of sullenness drawn from three selected public senior secondary s...
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This study investigated the effect of social skills training and values clarification counselling techniques on aggressive behaviours of senior secondary school students in Kontagora Metropolis, Niger State, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of social skills training and values clarification counselling techniques on aggressive behaviours (hostile, emotional, instrumental & relational) of senior secondary school students in Kontagora, Niger...
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This study examined the effect of positive reinforcement counselling technique on absenteeism among secondary school students in Bakori Local Government Katsina State, Nigeria. A quasi experimental design involving pre-test, post-test treatment group was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting fifteen (15) samples out of the total number of (425) absentees identified using class attendance daily register to serve as the treatment group. The...
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The study examined the effects of Rational-Emotive Behaviour and Systematic Desensitization therapies on SS1 Students‟ test anxiety in Government Senior Secondary School, Township, Jos. This was motivated by the increasing incidence of mass failure of students in West African Examination Council (WAEC) and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This anxious state seems to make students fear examinations and engage in malpractices. The study examined the followin...
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This study was undertaken to find out the acquisition of management skills and how this stabilises a marriage relationship in term of conflict in the home. The study was also aimed at discovering the effect of treatment on couples who attended a management skill programme and those who do not. A total of two thousand couples were selected by purposive sampling technique from ten churches in the Northern Cross River State. These couples were found to have some deficiency in...
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This had been an attempt to investigate the attitude of mother-in-law towards daughter-in-law as a determinant factor in marital stability, in carrying out this study,Questionnaire on the Attitude of Mother-in-law towards Daughters-in-law as a Determinant of Marital Stability (QAMDDMS) was developed and percentage, mean and chi-square at 0.05 level of significant were used to test the hypotheses. The results of the study show that the communication patterns...
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This study is on the attitude of undergraduate students toward HIV voluntary counseling and testing. The total population for the study is 200 students of university of Lagos state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up final year students, year 4 students, year 3 students and year 2 students were used for the study...
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The study examined and determined sexual activities of the selected Senior Secondary School Students in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The actual aim of the study was to identify the attitudes of Senior Secondary School Students to sexual matters so as to serve as basis for the introduction of sex education in our secondary schools. Based on the foregoing purpose, four questions were raised and four null hypotheses are postulated. S...
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The purpose of this study was to find the impact of guidance services on secondary school students; a case study of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The research study was also aimed at ascertaining whether the career guidance services are not adequate in the selected secondary schools. In carrying out the study, a questionnaire designed by the researcher was used to collect information from one hundred (100) respondents comprising of stud...
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This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of women towards family planning services. Specifically, the study determined if women are aware of family planning, determined the various types of family planning known by women, determined the sources of information about family planning and, examined the negative attitude of women towards family planning. The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 141 r...
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Marriage is an institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family. Marriage by universal definition is the legal relationship between a husband and wife. It is a union between a man and a woman, at least so we thought until recently (Wikipedia, 2009).Many marriages collapses like a wall immediately after the marriage has been arranged, this because most of...
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This study was carried out on examine the role of church in ensuring peace and harmony in the society using selected churches in Imo state as the Case study. To carry out the study, 3 research questions were posed. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study was carried out in Imo state. The population of the study comprised of all the members of selected churches in Imo State. The population size of the study was 120 participants. The in...
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This study is aimed at identifying the role of guidance and counselling services in secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. As a result of this, a number of hypothesis emerged and these include.
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This study is on gender inequality and the status of widows in Nigeria: implication of counseling. The total population for the study is 200 residents from Ikono LGA, Akwa Ibom. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made married men, married women, widows and widowers were used for the study. The data collected were present...
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Despite the increasing disciplinary and career related challenges, not much focus has been placed on Undergraduate students' concerns and gender preferences for counselors. This study therefore sought to investigate Undergraduate students’ Concerns and gender preferences for counselors in the University of Jos. This study was carried out in the University of Jos main campus. The population for the study comprised 169 students from the first year a...
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The study investigated the effect of group counselling on study habit of senior secondary school students’ towards schooling in Federal Government College, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Two objectives were stated and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Experimental design was used for the study. The target population for the study comprised all the 356 (SS1) students in Federal Government College, Maiduguri...
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The main focus of this study is to examine the the role of advice and counseling in the prevention of suicide in Nigeria using Udu Local Government in Delta State as case study. The study adopted a survey research design and with the aid of convenient sampling techniques, 147 participants who are couples residing in Lagos State was enrolled for the study. A well structured questionnaire was issued to the respondent of which a total of 141response...
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This research study centered on the role of guidance and counselling in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Four states were surveyed and the respondents for the work were 39, including students and counselors. The demeaning aspect of suicide attempt in the contemporary Nigeria is that it is carried out by students. The students are supposed to be the least affected by suicide but reverse is the case. In the tertiary institutions, the rate of suicide acti...
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This study focused on the impact of peer pressure on youth involvement in ritual killings, Benin metropolis as case study. The study is was specifically focused on examining the nature of ritual killing youth involve in Benin Metropolis; ascertaining the purposes for youth engagement in ritual killing in Benin Metropolis; investigating if pressure from peers influence a youth into ritual practices and examining if unhealthy competition amon...
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Family is the first place of association in a ma’s life and the family has a greater influence in the life of a person. The formation of the grassroot level of the society starts with the family and the small form of government is the family. Family consist of a father, mother and their children or a group of people related by blood or marriage.
The role of the family is numerous and most times family had always been used as a...
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This work examines the parental role in curbing suicidal actions in tertiary institutes in Nigeria, a case study of Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia State. Three research objectives and hypothesis were formulated to give direction to the search of information. A descriptive survey research design was adopted and the sample size were 222 students who were regular undergraduate students in the university. The parents has a major...
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This study examined the relationship between peer group pressure and bullying behavior among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Lagos metropolis. The descriptive survey design was used in this study. The research instrument used for this study was a questionnaire tagged PPBBAQ which was adapted by the researcher. The population of this study covered the students in selected secondary schools in Ejigbo Local Government area of Lagos State where dat...
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of guidance and counseling programme as perceived by secondary school teacher and other school administrator in Uyo Local Government Area. From research questions were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design used was used to describe the perception of teacher and other school administrators on the effectiveness of guidance and counseling programme. Review of liter...
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The purpose of this study was to critically examine secondary school students’ perception of counselors’ roles and function in career choice in Secondary school located in Edo nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population was 5,568 students drawn from the Secondary school and Colleges located in the esan LGA of Edo nigeria. A total of 120 respondents were sampled using systemati...
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The study on the status of counseling and guidance services in secondary schools was conducted in public secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom state. The purpose of this study was to assess the practice of counselling and guidance services in secondary schools. This study employed descriptive survey design. Mixed research approach was adopted. Purposive and random sampling techniques were employed in the...
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The study investigated the social, economic and psychological challenges of single parent family in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study cross analyzed the degree of these challenges among the respondents in the study area. Although the causes and challenges of single mother hard in Nigeria have been explored a bit, research on single parenting in Ijebu-Ode is surprisingly birth histories to explore single parenting over the life course...
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The study was carried out on the parental monitoring and religious activities on sexual abstinence. The processes through which families play a role in the religious and sexual socialization of children are varied and complex. Few studies have considered the impact of parental or family religiosity on young people’s sexual behaviors, either directly or through influence on adolescents’ own religiosity. This study of college students at a large,...
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This study examines the influence of guidance and counseling services on students academic performance. The study employed survey research design and using five (5) selected secondary school in Ibesikpo-Asutan, Akwaibom State. Random sampling technique was used to sample 147 respondents although 141 questionnaires returned was retrieved and validated for the study. Data were presented and analyzed using frequency an...
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The study attempted to investigate the perception of undergraduate student towards the use of contraceptives at the University of Lagos. In this study, relevant and extensive literatures were reviewed under relevant sub-heading. A cross-sectional of five hundred (500) undergraduates aged 15-25 years was carried out using instruments like other-administered structured interview schedule, in-depth interviews and informal conversation to collect data. The analysis of t...
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This study was conducted to find out the perception of drug use and abuse on student’s behavior in public secondary schools in Lagos State. Chapter one presented the background of study which consists of statement of the problem, research questions, research hypothesis, significance of the study, purpose of the study, delimitation, limitations as well as definition of term. Review of related literature was carried out in chapter two on the prevalence...
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The study aimed at assessing the effect of leadership styles on employees’ performance at Kaduna South Local Government council, Nigeria. A cross section descriptive survey research strategy was adopted in which 80 usable structured questionnaires were collected from 300 questionnaires distributed. The leadership styles were measured through the Multi factor Leadership Questionnaire developed by Avolio and Bass (1995), modified to fit the context of t...
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This research is on Investigating Psycho-Sociological Factors In Predicting Career Decision Among Some Selected Secondary Schools. This study was on some selected secondary schools in Afijio Local Government Area. The study is descriptive in nature and uses Child’s Vocational Awareness Questionnaire (CVAQ) on students for career aspiration findings. A total number of one hundred (100) students responded to the instrument. Contrary to the research, it was revealed that...
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The study examined the influence of social demand, peer pressure and economic instability on adolescents’ behavioural pattern in Lagos State: Implication for Counselling in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, the researcher made some important recommendations that would help in finding possible solutions to the problems identified and investigated in this study. The study employed the descriptive research survey design which...
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Due to the importance of Guidance and counseling in the present dispensation, this study is on the influence of guidance programme on academic achievement of ss2 students in Toto Local government area of Nasarawa state.
Quantitative analysis was used in the study and from our findings came to the following conclusions;
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This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of female bankers toward the practice of exclusive breast feeding in Ikpoba Okha local government area in Benin City, Edo state. The background of the study gave a general and comprehensive introduction of the study, statement of the problem were identified. The significance of the study was outlined and operational definition of terms was included for prop...
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Career selection is one of many important choices students will make in determining future plans; this decision will impact them throughout their lives. This has constituted a problem as students often make wrong choice. But presently there is scanty research on the influencing factors such as gender, home background and student learning outcome on choice of career among secondary school students. Hence, this study was prompted by the present problems of ch...
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify how counselors are currently addressing the increasing mental health issues of their youths so that they can have proper personal development. To accomplish this goal, three research questions were formulated to guide this study: 1) What are the experiences of counselors who provide support to learners who struggle with mental health issues?; 2) In what ways do counselors perceive their role...
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This study will critically analyze published research on the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Education (REE), the educational derivative of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), with students. It will look at the history of societal views of children to examine how childhood mental health developed into a researched issue. REBT will be explained by looking at its historical development and unique components. Focus will then shift to how REBT can...
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The study attempted to investigate the impact of information communication technology (ICT) on educational development of children in early childhood education in selected nursery schools in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, some relevant and related literatures were reviewed under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was applied in the assessment of the opinions of the respondents with the aid of the questionnair...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of guidance and counseling on secondary school students in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.The study employed survey research design and using five (5) selected public secondary school in Ibesikpo-Asutan, Akwaibom State. Random sampling technique was used...
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The study attempted to investigate the influence of adult education on family planing in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State. The study also reviewed relevant and extensive literature under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was employed in this study in order to assess the opinions of the respondents with the application of questionnaire and the sampling technique. This study reveals that there will be an influence o...
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This paper offers a critical account of the amnesty programme introduced by the Nigerian state in 2009. It examines the impact and limitations of the amnesty as an instrument of peacebuilding, and emphasises the need for wider reforms that address underdevelopment and poverty in the Niger Delta region. The paper argues that the amnesty programme is a laudable effort but is by no means a silver bullet. It is better understood as a specific response to a...
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Crime prevention and control is an issue of concern to almost all societies in the globe, due to the frequent rise in the commitment rate of crime. This could be due to behaviourism developed by individuals in the society. This work on behaviourism, crime prevention and safety measures seeks to find out counselors perspective on the subject matter and how they relate to each other.
In this study, 20 counselors from the ministry of Education, the m...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between stressful life events and anxiety during the period of adolescence. It is known that stressful life events are commonly studied risk and environmental factors in the development of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence. In addition, physical and psychological symptoms of anxiety are often associated with stressful life events. These events are related to the differ...
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This study was carried out to examine the problem of pregnancy and abortion on girl-child education in Nigeria using five (5) selected mixed secondary schools in Numan Local Government, Adamawa State as a case study. The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 250 responses were validated from the survey. From the responses obtained and analysed, the findings reveale...
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Counselling needs are needs of a student that are required to resolve his/her problems which he/she confronts in day to day life situations and also to enrich his personal development. The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ and students’ perception of counselling needs of secondary school students in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogu...
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This study was carried out to examine moral problems in Nigerian educational institutions using University of Lagos Akoka, Lagos state as a case study. Specifically, the study examined examine why there is moral decay in Nigerian educational institutions. The study also examine the level of moral decay in Nigeria educational institution. More so, the study aims to examine the effect of moral decay in Nigeria educational...
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Students with learning disabilities (LD), or learning difficulties, form a large significant group in China. Research has shown that the prevalence rate in young people up to the age of 18 ranges from a low of 4.86% to a high of 31.62% (He, 2005; Liu, 2000; Wang, 2003; Yao, 2009). A major reason for such a wide discrepancy is the plethora of definitions and diagnostic criterion, none of which have been widely adopted across China.
The more simplified the criterion...
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This study investigated the effect of sexuality education among household and adolescents’ risky sexual behaviour in Ibadan north local government area of Oyo State. It was discovered from real life observation and past research works done by various scholars that sex education was not welled managed among parents, care givers, the school system and the community at large. The principal factor of these has led to an immoral behaviour wh...
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Access to contraceptive has become increasingly crucial for adolescents because many are sexually active at earlier ages than in the past. This will further compound overall levels of maternal mortality in Nigeria tertiary institutions.This research was specifically designed to determine the knowledge and utilization of contraceptives among female students in Delta State University, Abraka. A total of 107 questionnaires were distributed and...
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This study was carried out to examine the influence of sex of parent, timing of loss and age of child on unresolved grief among bereaved parents using bereaved civil servants in Alausa Secretariat, Lagos State as case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at determini...
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The study examines the influence of peer group pressure on adolescent smoking habits in some selected secondary schools in Ifako Ijaiye, Local Government area of Lagos State. Influence of peer group pressure on adolescent smoking habits has more than ever before being posing serious threat to adolescent health. As such, government, parents and the society have seen the need to find a lasting solution to curbing the menace of smoking among a...
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This study was carried out to examine the impact of guidance and counselling on the academic performance and transition rate of secondary school student. Specifically, the study aims to ascertain the availability of guidance and counselling services in secondary schools, find out the benefit of guidance and counselling services on students’ academic performance, examine the influence of guidance and counselling ser...
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Most individuals who are married actively want or anticipate attaining some level of marital satisfaction. In 1992, the Bureau of the Census of the United States revealed that tragically, 52 percent of marriages in the country end in divorce, which indicates that it is not present (Forwers, Montel, & Olson, 1996). As a result of this finding and others like it, there has been an increase in the amount of research done on...
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Background of the study
Regardless of their race, color, nationality, occupation, or level of education, everyone in the world experiences some sort of stress. Maxwell (2018) believed that stress manifested in several ways and impacted individuals of all ages and backgrounds. A person's education and experiences with stress should also expose him or her to the causes of stress, such as time limits, workload, health-related issues, and fin...
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education, in its broadest meaning, covers all of the processes that people go through throughout their lives in order to develop and, potentially, exploit their potentials via the acquisition of information, skills, talents, and attitudes required for effective societal existence (Umar, et al., 2012). Education has been defined as a critical and necessary component of every sort of growth (Jibrin, et al., 2012). I...
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Background of Study
Modern family planning helps women to avoid unwanted pregnancies, illegal abortions and child bearing that will threaten their own personal health and that of the children (Ogunbayo, 2007). Family planning involves two concepts – contraceptive use and family planning services which is used by couples to bring about healthy sexual relationships among them without fears of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infecti...
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Mental health is a health issue that is in circulation, specifically among Nigerian youths. The information on the abnormal behavior has been given as one of the biggest issues facing every country, of which Nigeria and the young people are not an exception of both the challenges and the risks. It has been reported that the issue of mental health are now common in youths, with an estimate of one in five facing some form of em...
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ABSTRACT
The research was undertaken to justify the effectiveness or otherwise of counseling services in Taraba state, the research method used in this research is descriptive survey research method. The population of this research consists of students of secondary schools in Taraba state these schools consist of boarding, day and private schools. Population of the study was 1,800 SS III students in Wukari and Donga education zones of Taraba st...
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The quality of guidance and counseling services provided to secondary school students in Nigeria is paramount for it to have meaningful impact on students’ performance. The study was conducted to determine the quality of guidance and counseling services as a tool for improving students performance given by teacher counselors in public secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government.
The study sought to find out the level of training o...
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify how counselors are currently addressing the increasing mental health issues of their youths so that they can have proper personal development. To accomplish this goal, three research questions were formulated to guide this study: 1) What are the experiences of counselors who provide support to learners who struggle with mental health issues?; 2) In what ways do counselors perceive their role...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of covid-19 on marriage sustainability using selected families in Offa Local Government Kwara State as a case study. The study adopted a survey research design and with the aid of convenient sampling techniques, 120 participants who are parents residing in Offa Local Government Kwara State was enrolled for the study. A well structured questionnaire was issued to the respondent of which a total of...
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This study was carried out to examine the causes and effect of marital problems using Kaduna metropolis as a case study. The survey research design was used in this research. The researcher made use of structural questionnaire as the research instrument to collect relevant data from 120 respondents on the subject matter of the research out of which a total of 105 questionnaires was retrieved and analyzed using simple percentage. Findings in...
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This project work deal with effect of divorce and family organization on the academic performance of students in some selected schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The purpose of the study is to identify the effect of divorce on the academic performance of students in secondary schools. In pursuance of the study certain problems, which required solutions were identified and they are;
1. Students from broken h...
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EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
A single parent is one living without a spouse and on whose shoulders lay the higher responsibility of looking after a child. The single parent is the primary caregiver with whom the children have most residencies with. In most situations, it happens after separation or divorce and the mother becomes the main caregiver as the custodial parent, and the father becomes a minor giver as the noncustodial parent. In some instances though, such roles...
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Marriage is an institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family. Marriage by universal definition is the legal relationship between a husband and wife. It is a union between a man and a woman, at least so we thought until recently. Many marriages collapses like a wall immediately after the marriage has been arranged, this because most...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of covid-19 on marriage sustainability using selected families in Awka North Local Government Anambra State as a case study. The study adopted a survey research design and with the aid of convenient sampling techniques, 120 participants who are parents residing in Awka North Local Government Anambra State was enrolled for the study. A well structured questionnaire was issued to the respondent of w...
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This study is aimed at identifying an assessment of the attitude of teachers towards guidance and counselling programmes in secondary schools in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State as a result of this, a number of hypothesis emerged and these include.
1. Lack of adequate facilities and materials for guidance and counselling centres in schools.
2.Lack of qualified personnel militated against organization of...
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This study was carried out on counselling for sustainable livelihoods with target clients using the Nigerian adolescents and youths in Ganjuwa local government area as case study. To achieve this 3 research questions were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of youths and adolescents in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi State...
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Secondary school students³ perceptions of examination malpractices and examination ethics were assessed. The participants were drawn from Secondary Schools in the Benin Metropolis of Nigeria. The study revealed that majority of the students believed that their indulgence in examination malpractice was a common occurrence, which will be difficult to eradicate. Parents, teachers and school principals were found to encourage che...
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EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Furthermore, internal displacement describes the situation of people who have been forced to leave their homes but have not left their country. Millions of people are uprooted from their homes or places of habitual residence each year in the context of conflict, violence, development projects, disasters and climate change and remain displaced within their countries’ borders. Millions more live in situations of protracted internal displac...
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Background of the study
Marriage, which incorporates the coupling of two individuals having various interests, wants and needs, is a unique affiliation given shape by social guidelines and laws and fundamentally influences people's turn of events and self-acknowledge (Ersanlı and Kalkan, 2008). Capacities, for example, addressing the requirement for affection and being adored, meeting the two people's organic, social, mental and inspirationa...
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ABSTRACT:- This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of women towards family planning services. Specifically, the study determined if women are aware of family planning, determined the various types of family planning known by women, determined the sources of information about family planning and, examined the negative attitude of women towards family planning. The study employed the survey descriptive rese...
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ABSTRACT:- This study was carried out to examine the knowledge and practice of occupational safety among workers. Specifically, the study examined the extent of awareness of workers about the knowledge and practice of occupational safety, examined the various factors that may affect/influence employee health, investigated the extent to which workers comply to the laid down occupational safety and health measures and examined the factors that influence wo...
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Abstract:- Policies that discourage violence against women and girls abound in Nigeria but have not been effectively implemented. Recorded history, recent events and happenings have shown that Nigerians still experience the occurrence of the most prevalent yet relatively hidden and ignored form of violence against women and girls. In Nigeria in recent times, findings from social research have shown that violence against women and girls is present in ever...
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Domestic abuse is a problem that is entrenched in many societies across the globe and Nigeria is not an exception. Research in this area such as the one done by Ezeh, & Gage, (1998) has shown that this type of violence has traumatised many Nigerian couples. Domestic violence remains a persistent problem because of the power and control held by the abuser; the fear, intimidation and humiliation suffered by the victim of th...
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Substances misuse among youths has been investigated for a long time, with the aim of specifically identifying and studying interventions that will minimize drug use in this group(1). Information on the relationship between risk behavior and use of substances in the societal environments is necessary for the development of effective preventive programs and to promote environment that are free of drugs and the violence generated by them. The maturing of this idea comes up with the growing reco...
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Background of the study
People all over the world experience one form of stress or the other irrespective of their race, color and ethnicity, professional or academic background. Maxwell (2018) shared the view that stress came in several forms and affected people of all ages and walks of life.One’s knowledge and experiences of stress should also expose one to the causes of stress, such as time constraints, workload, health-related problem...
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Background of the Study
In any contemporary society, the heart of the long process of preparing young people for life and work is centered in the educational system (Gesinde (1977)). But it has been observed that in Nigeria generally parental influence and vicarious experiences within one’s community in general contributes much to this preparatory process. Though the traditional Nigerian society had the problem of building the youth up, yet mo...
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Background Of The Study
Substances misuse among youths has been investigated for a long time, with the aim of specifically identifying and studying interventions that will minimize drug use in this group(1). Information on the relationship between risk behavior and use of substances in the societal environments is necessary for the development of effective preventive programs and to promote environment that are free of drugs and the violence generated by them. The m...
APA | 1-5 Chapters | 50 Pages |
24 | Student Researchers | Quantitative |
Background of the study
People all over the world experience one form of stress or the other irrespective of their race, color and ethnicity, professional or academic background. Maxwell (2018) shared the view that stress came in several forms and affected people of all ages and walks of life.One’s knowledge and experiences of stress should also expose one to the causes of stress, such as time constraints, workload...
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