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Item Person-centred therapy in the management of pre-retirement anxiety among federal road safety officers in Edo State, Nigeria(Positive Psychology Association, Nigeria, with headquarters in University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2024-09) Oyedele, M. D.; Adeyemi, A.Pre-retirement anxiety is a challenge facing about to retire officers. It is a state of fear and uneasiness from active work-life is associated with the Federal Road Safety (FRS) officers. Past studies on pre-retirement anxiety among FRS officers concentrated on causal factors with little intervention studies. This study, therefore, investigated the challenges of pre-retirement anxiety within the context of FRS officers in Edo zone comprising Anambra, Delta and Edo states, Nigeria, with cognisant of their occupational stressors, cultural factors and individual experiences. The study was anchored to continuity theory of retirement, while a mixed methods approach was employed to access anxiety levels and psychological wellbeing as well as qualitative interviews to explore the experiences and perceptions of some of the officers undergoing therapy. Purposive sampling was used in selecting the 30 retiring participants (less than five years) into the groups. Participants with 60% and above score on retirement anxiety screening tool with their consent were used in the study. The instruments used were Pre-retirement Anxiety (α=.90) and Social-support (α =.70) scales. Hypotheses were raised and tested. Data were analysed using analysis of Covariance and Scheffe Post-hoc test @ 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed the effectiveness of PCT in managing pre-retirement anxiety of the officers. There was no interaction effect of treatment, gender and social support on pre-retirement anxiety of the officers. Person-centred therapy was effective in managing pre-retirement anxiety among FRS officers. Counseling psychologists should adopt this intervention when handling issues related to pre-retirement anxiety.Item Teaching styles and parental bonding as correlates of academic boredom among undergraduates in Oyo State(Institute of Education, University of Ibadan and MANEDEC Global Synergy Nigeria Limited, Ibadan, 2024) Adeyemi A. O.This study investigates the relationship between teaching techniques, parental bonding, and the factors that lead to academic boredom among undergraduates in Oyo State. The study employed a non-experimental design of correlational research type. A total of 250 undergraduates (107 males and 143 females) were randomly picked from three institutions in Oyo State. The age range of the individuals was between 16 and 26 years, with an average age of 16.83. Three assessments with demonstrated validity and reliability were employed to assess teaching styles, parental bonding, and academic boredom. The data was analyzed using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation and multiple regression at a significance threshold of 0.05. The findings indicated a strong correlation between teaching styles and academic boredom (r=0.21; p<0.05), as well as parental bonding (r=0.33; p<0.05). The combination of teaching styles and parental bonding accounted for 20.8% of the Variation in predicting academic boredom. Furthermore, the study found that teaching styles (ß= -0.39, t=-3.66; p<0.05) and parental bonding (ß=0.366, t=4.91; p<0.05) significantly predicted academic boredom. This could prompt the undergraduates to request the necessary educational resources for their studies. Additionally, it could foster a greater enthusiasm for academic tasks, thereby eliminating feelings of boredom. Therefore, itis recommended that parents should prioritize establishing a deep emotional connection with their children and wards.Item Psycho-sociological factors predisposing attitüde towards learning among secondary school adolescents in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria(Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria, 2019) Adeyemi A. O.This study investigated psycho-sociological factors predisposing attitude towards learning among secondary school adolescents in Oluyole Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design of the correlational type with a random sample of 288 adolescents from secondary schools in Oluyole Local Government Area. Three research questions were raised and answered at 0.05 level of significance using Pearsons’ product moment correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. The result showed that peer influence, academic anxiety and study habit were significant correlates of students’ attitude towards learning. Regression analysis revealed that the three variables jointly accounted for 41.2% increase in students’ attitude towards learning. The highest predictor was study habit, followed by academic anxiety and peer influence. Students need to be equipped with adequate academic lifestyle which includes the development of a good study habit and academic firmness against peer influence. Human development units such as school counsellors should be given priority to give them the opportunity to build learners academic, emotional and career destiny through annual and bi-annual programmes as well as one on one counselling. School psychologists are enjoined to expose students found with emotional problems such as academic anxiety to psycho-therapies that can help them to adjust and become better persons. Parents should as well join in the task to build the confidence of the adolescents against academic anxiety; this would go a long way in helping the adolescents fulfill their academic dreams.Item Comparative study of age, gender, socio-economic status on adversity intelligence of Open Distance Learning Students in the South-West, Nigeria(Stirling-Horden Publishers Ltd., Ibadan, 2018) Adeyemi A. O.Item Psycho-sociological variables predicting cultic behaviour among undergraduates in South-West, Nigeria(Positive Psychology Association, Nigeria with headquarters in Department of Guidance and Counselling University of ibadan, Nigeria., 2018) Olukoya, R.; Animasahun, R.; Oluwole, A.; Busari, O.; Adeyemi, A. O.The incidence of cultic behaviour such as murder violence is becoming increasing in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The menace of this behaviour remains indelible in the minds of the victims and members of the society at large. In fact it has posed serious problems to parents, guardians, educators and management of tertiary institutions at large. This study therefore investigated psycho-sociological variables in predicting cultic behaviour among undergraduates in South-West Nigeria. The descriptive research design of the correlational type was adopted. The sample consisted of 1,200 participants from three federal and three State Universities. Data was collected and analysed using Multiple Regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy, aggression, drug abuse, parental influence, peer influence, anger and self-esteem and cultic behaviour among undergraduates in South-West Nigeria. However, gender, age and self-concept were not significantly correlated with cultic behaviour of undergraduates in South-West Nigeria. Recommendations were made that all stakeholders should be watchful and make concerted efforts to nip the manifestation of the behaviour on the bud to curb the menace of this behaviour in the tertiary institutions.Item Rational emotive behavioural therapy for enhancing social-emotional well-being of adolescents in Nigeria(Positive Psychology Association, Nigeria with headquarters in Department of Guidance and Counselling University of ibadan, Nigeria., 2020-09) Adeyemi A. O.This study utilized Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) in enhancing social emotional well-being among in school adolescents with the moderating effect of gender. The study adopted a pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design with a 2x2 factorial matrix. Two public secondary schools were randomly selected among secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Twenty-eight (29) participants with low self- esteem and socio-emotional well-being were partially randomised into REBT (14) and control (15) groups. The Intervention lasted eight weeks. The participants were screened and recruited based on scores falling below average on self-esteem scale and socio- emotional well-being scale. Three hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and Bonferonni Pairwise Comparison. There was a significant main effect of treatment on the socio-emotional well-being of the adolescents with low self-esteem (F (1, 24) = 49.971, p< 0.01, partial η2 = 0. 676). The participants in the REBT group had higher socio-emotional well-being (ẋ=44.27) than those in the control (ẋ=26.04) group. Among the participants in the REBT group, the male participants had higher (ẋ=39.42) score on socio-emotional well-being than their female counterparts (ẋ=30.89). There was no significant two-way interaction effect of treatment and gender on socio-emotional well-being of adolescents with low self-esteem (F (1, 24) = 0.009, p>0.05, η2=0.00). This implies that gender did not significantly moderate the effect of treatment on socio-emotional well-being of adolescents with low self-esteem. Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) was effective in the improvement of socio-emotional well-being of adolescents with low self-esteem. Psychotherapist in various educational settings should conduct continuous diagnosis among adolescents with unusual emotional display or withdrawal disposition. Teachers and parents should always refer adolescents going through emotional trauma or issues to the counsellor in Charge.Item Psychological functioning of working on single mothers: correlational effects of childhood truama, emotional resilence and socio-economic status(Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2021-06) Adeyemi A. O.Motherhood confers upon the female gender the responsibility of raising children. However, the absence of the paternal role could create an overwhelming effect on working among single mothers leaving them with huge economic and psychological burden to bear. This motivated an examination of the psychological functioning of working on single mothers, considering the correlational effect of childhood trauma, emotional resilience and socio- economic Status. This study adopted correlational research design. A sample of 268 working single mothers was randomly selected from three local government areas (Akinyele, Ibadan North and Ido) in Ibadan, Oyo State. Four reliable measuring scales (Psychological functioning Scale; α = 0. 740, Childhood trauma scale; α = 0.781, Emotional resilience scale; α = 0.736, Socio-economic Status; a = 0.792) were adapted, validated and used for data collection. Pearson product moment Correlation (PPMC), multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The study revealed that psychological functioning of working on single mothers negatively correlated with emotional resilience (r= -0.309, p<0.05), childhood trauma (r= -0.402, p<0.01) and social economic Status (r= -0.202, p<0.01). Multiple regression analysis revealed that the most potent predictor of working on single mothers’ psychological functioning was emotional resilience (ß =.524, t = 10.241, P<0.001), socio- economic Status (ß = .222, t = 4.507, P<0.01), followed by childhood-trauma (ß = -.127, t = - 2.467, P<0.01).It was recommended that employers include diagnoses of employees' childhood trauma Status as part of the Job selection procedure to identify candidates who need urgent psychotherapeutic Intervention. Working single mothers should be counselled to find better Jobs or combine jobs with businesses to boost their socio-economic Status. Also, the working single mothers should be encouraged to boost their emotional resilience by being optimistic, getting social Support and having resilience role model.Item Interest-in-schooling among secondary school students: a regression analysis of social media, school climate and intrinsic motivation(2019) Adeyemi A. O.It has been observed that interest-in-schooling is an important factor associated with the learning process. However, it was observed that a negative attitude towards schooling has resulted in indiscipline, low academic achievement, absenteeism and dropout among secondary school students in Nigeria. This makes it imperative to examine the influencing factors (social media. school climate and intrinsic motivation) on interest-in-schooling among secondary school students. The study adopted the descriptive research design of the correlational type. A total of three hundred (300) secondary school students were used. Ten (10) schools in Badagry Local Government Area in Lagos State were selected using simple random sampling. Three research hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Reliable instruments (Interest-in-schooling Scale; a =0.83, Social Media Usage Scale. a =0.87, School Climate Scale; a = 0.85, Intrinsic Motivation Scale; a =0.72) were used in collecting the data. Data collected was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Statistical Tools. It was discovered that there was significant relationship between school climate (r = 0.703), social media usage (r = - 0.210), intrinsic motivation (r = 0.453) and interest-in-schooling. Regression analysis revealed that the three independent variables (school climate, social media usage and intrinsic motivation) combined accounted for 54.5% (Adj. R: = .545) Variation in the prediction of interest-in-schooling. The strongest predictors of interest-in-schooling were school climate and social media usage, followed by intrinsic motivation. It was recommended that parents, school counsellors and rehabilitation officers working with students who lack interest- in-schooling should take cognizance of the influence of social media usage, school climate and intrinsic motivation in helping them develop their interest-in-schooling.Item Family career success indicators as tools for literacy sustainability among urban youths in the Ibadan metropolis(Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2019-07) Adeyemi A. O.; Lawrence, K. C.This study examined family career success indicators in relation to literacy sustainability among urban youths in Ibadan. The study adopted a descriptive design of the correlational type. Through the convenience sampling approach, 300 male and female youths in Ibadan city within the ages of 17 and 25 years were sampled. Self-efficacy, employability; personality, life satisfaction, career counselling and social recognition scales were adapted for data collection. Data was computed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result showed that self-efficacy, employability, personality, life satisfaction, career counselling and social recognition predicted family career success among the urban youths in Ibadan. It was concluded that family career success is critical for literacy sustainability. It was therefore recommended that adequate and regular awareness on career success indicators be intensified among urban youths, if literacy will be sustained in Nigeria. For urban youths to be interested in literacy skill development, family career success and its indicators should be seen as catalystsItem Emotional intelligence as panacea for socio-political challenges(2013-07) Adeyemi A. O.This paper examined the effect of emotional intelligence as a counselling tool for reducing socio-political challenges among political leaders. In doing this, the factors affecting good governance were analysed and recommendations were made to help remedy the Problems.