Effect of Problem-Solving Counselling Technique on Anxiety among Secondary School Student-Victims of Armed Banditry in Giwa, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.202586Keywords:
Anxiety, Problem-Solving, Students, Armed Banditry.Abstract
This study examined the effect of problem-solving counselling technique on anxiety among secondary school students-victims of armed banditry in Giwa, Kaduna State, Nigeria. One hypothesis was formulated and tested. Quasi-experimental involving pre-test and post-test design was employed for the study. The population of this study was 113 SS II Students in Dr Shehu Lawal Government Girls Secondary School, during the 2024/2025 academic session in Giwa, Kaduna State out of which 18 Students among those who scored 60-69 points on Spielberger Anxiety Scale Inventory were purposefully selected from the entire population and used for the study. 18 students were exposed to problem-solving counselling technique. The instrument used for data collection was Anxiety Scale Inventory (ASI) adapted from Spielberger (1983) A anxiety scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was validated by experts in the department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, A.B.U, Zaria with reliability of 0.78. Data were analysed using paired sample t-test to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that Problem-solving counselling technique had significant effect on anxiety (p=.000) among secondary school student-victims of armed banditry in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Based on the finding of this study, it was concluded that problem-solving counselling technique significantly reduced the anxiety among secondary school student-victims of armed banditry. It was recommended among others, that, school counsellors and educational psychologists should employ problem-solving counselling technique in reducing the anxiety among student-victims of armed banditry in secondary school.
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