Utilization of Guidance and Counseling in Handling Maladaptive Behaviors of Secondary School Students in Aba Education zone of Abia State Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 4
Abstract
This study ‘utilization of Guidance and Counseling in handling maladaptive behaviours of students in Aba Education Zone of Abia State, investigated the extent Guidancee and Counselling services are used in handling various cases of maladaptive behaviours of students in Aba Education Zone of Abia State. The researcher posited five research questions and formulated four hypotheses to guide the study. Survey design was adopted for the study using questionnaire. All the 1,857 teachers in Aba Education Zone public secondary schools constituted the population of the study. Proportionate random sampling technique was used to select 400 teachers as the sample. A researcher made Guidance and Counseling Utilization and Maladaptive Behaviour Assessment Questionnaire (GACUMBAQ) with coefficient of reliability 0.87 using cronbach alpha technique was used to collect data. The instrument was validated by 3 experts, two in Educational Guidance and Counseling and one in Measurement and Evaluation departments at ESUT. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while z-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings among others revealed that Guidance and Counselling services are utilized in handling maladaptive behaviours of students in Aba Education Zone, but the extent of utilization is not significantly adequate to impact on the expected change in behaviour. Again Guidancee and Counselling facilities are grossly inadequate in Aba Education Zone. Result also shows that male students do not differ significantly from their female counterparts in their involvement in maladaptive behaviours in Aba Education Zone. Findings showed a lot of implications to the parents, guidance counselors and government. Ensuring adequate provision of facilities and other Guidance and Counselling resources for effective implementation of Guidance and Counselling programmes, enforcing gender equality principles in handling cases of maladaptive behaviours are some of the recommendations made based on the findings of the study.
Authors and Affiliations
Egbo Anthonia Chinonyelum, Okoroafor Stella Chidi, Egbo Emmanuella Chinonye
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