The Effects of Counselling Coping Skills Therapy on Junior 
Secondary School Students’ Test-Anxiety in Jema’a Local 
Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Justina Nwokocha; Prof. Grace O. Momoh; Prof. Yakubu Y Mallum

doi:https://doi.org/10.56201/ijee.v9.no8.2023.pg128.138

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The Effects of Counselling Coping Skills Therapy on Junior Secondary School Students’ Test-Anxiety in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Justina Nwokocha, Prof. Grace O. Momoh, Prof. Yakubu Y Mallum

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of counselling coping skills therapy on junior secondary school students’ test anxiety in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study adopted a true experimental design. The population of the study consisted of 4885 junior secondary school students. The sample of the study consisted of 55 JS3 students identified with a high level of test anxiety using the test anxiety inventory (TAI). Participants were randomized into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. The Westside test-anxiety scale was administered to the participants before and after the experimental intervention. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated and

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Test anxietyCounselling and coping therapyPhysiologicalCognitiveand Behavioural test anxiety

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Anyamene, A., Nwokolo, C. and Azaji, I. (2016). Effects of self-management technique on test-anxiety among secondary school students. The Journal of Social Sciences Research. 2 (9), 155 -166. Baum A. (2013). Stress, intrusive imagery, and chronic distress. Journal for Health Psychology, 9(6), 53-75.

The Effects of Counselling Coping Skills Therapy on Junior Secondary School Students’ Test-Anxiety in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria

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