Assessment And Management Of Psychosocial And Academic Problems Of Working Secondary School Students In Lagos State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of two behaviour modification strategies namely: Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and Life Skills Education on assessment and management of psychosocial and academic problems of working secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria. A total of one hundred and eighty working secondary school students (84 males and 96 females) with mean age of 13.78 years were identified from the initial sample of six hundred students from three junior secondary schools in Education District VI of Lagos State. The research design used for this study is the quasi-experimental: pre-test post-test control group design. The instruments used for the study are (1) Personal Data and Work Related Questionnaire (PDWRQ) (2) Index of Self esteem (3) Index of Peer Relation (4) English Language Achievement Test (ELAT) (5) Study Habit Inventory (SHI) and Test Anxiety Scale. Seven hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Data collected for the study were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The analysis of data was done, using a 2 X 3 Analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) and multiple regression. Protected t-test analysis was done to determine which of the treatment method was more effective. Testing of the hypothesis was set at 0.05 levels of significance.