EFFECT OF COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING AND SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING ON SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
EFFECT OF COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING AND SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING ON SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
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2021-03
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ABUBAKAR, Hassan
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Abstract
This study investigated the Effect of Cognitive Restructuring and Social Skills Training
on Social Phobia among Secondary School Students in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria.
Seven (7) Objectives were set to guide this study,and Seven (7) null hypotheses were
formulated and tested. Quasi-experimental design involving pre-test, post-test on two (2)
experimental groups was used. The population was made up of 1742 students who
exhibited symptoms of social Phobia in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria. A sample size of 40
students was selected through purposive sampling technique. An instrument tagged Social
Phobia Inventory (SPIN) was used for data collection. Mean, standard Deviation and t-test
statistics were used to analyze data. Findings reveal that students exposed to Cognitive
Restructuring (CR) had a reduced Excessive Fear of Social Interactions (p=0.000), that
students exposed to Social Skills Training (SST) had a reduced Excessive Fear of Social
Interactions (p=0.000), students exposed to Cognitive Restructuring (CR) had a reduced
Physiological Manifestations of Social Phobia (p=0.003), students exposed to Social
Skills Training (SST) had a reduced Physiological Manifestations of Social Phobia
(p=0.000), students exposed to Cognitive Restructuring (CR) had a reduced Avoidance of
Social Interactions (p=0.000), students exposed to Social Skills Training (SST) had a
reduced Avoidance of Social Interactions (p=0.000) and that there was a significant
differential effect of Cognitive Restructuring and Social Skills Training (p=0.009) on
Social Phobia among secondary students. The researcher therefore concluded that
Cognitive Restructuring and Social Skills Training are effective in reducing Social Phobia
among secondary school students. And that Social Skills Training is more effective than
cognitive Restructuring in handling Social Phobia. Based on the findings of this study it
was recommended among others that Psychologists and Counsellors should be encouraged
to use Cognitive Restructuring (CR) and Social Skills Training (SST) in handling Social
Phobia among secondary school students so as to develop their social interactions and competency in learning.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
EFFECT,, COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING,, SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING,, SOCIAL PHOBIA,, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,, KADUNA METROPOLIS,, NIGERIA.