Cognitive Restructuring Therapy on Skipping Classes and Leaving School Before Time Among Secondary School Students in Jega Metropolis

Esther Garba; Prof. Grace O. Momoh; Prof. Yakubu A. Mallum

doi:10.56201/ijee.v10.no5.2024.pg347.355

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Cognitive Restructuring Therapy on Skipping Classes and Leaving School Before Time Among Secondary School Students in Jega Metropolis

Esther Garba, Prof. Grace O. Momoh, Prof. Yakubu A. Mallum

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The study is on effects of cognitive restructuring therapy on skipping classes and leaving school before time among secondary school students in Jega Metropolis, Kebbi State, Nigeria. The study adopted the true experimental research design. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated for the study. The sample was 30 students who were drawn from one Secondary Schools using simple random sampling techniques. The data for this study was collected using three (3) instruments namely: School Register, Students Truancy Behaviours Checklist and Academic Achievement Test in English Language The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.98 and 0.73 which means the instrument is good and reliable. Data obtained in this study will be analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools namely: means and standard deviation while independent sample t-test will be used to test the null hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that cognitive restructuring therapy did reduce the skipping classes’ behaviour of students in Jega Metropolis, that there was a significant effect of cognitive restructuring therapy on students’ leaving school before time behaviour. The researcher recommended that guidance counsellors should use appropriate therapy or counselling techniques for the reduction of abnormal behaviours among secondary school students Keyword: Cognitive restructuring therapy, Leaving School, Skipping Classes, Jega Meteropolis Vol 10. No. 3 March 2024

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Cognitive Restructuring Therapy on Skipping Classes and Leaving School Before Time Among Secondary School Students in Jega Metropolis

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