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Item Youths quality of life in Nigerian state: link with resilience, locus of control and perceived social supports?(2022) Ofole, N. M.Cross sectional research design was adopted to examine the relationship between three independent factors (resilience, internal locus of control, perceived social supports) and quality of life. A sample size of four hundred (400) youths between ages 18-30 years (Male=240; Female=160) were selected using a combination of simple random sampling and purposive technique from a population of out-of school youths in Anambra State, Nigeria. Four standardized scales were used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Multiple Regression were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that resilience (r= 0. 146**p<.05), internal locus of control (r= 0.165** p<.05) and social support (r= 0. 658** p<.05) positively correlated with quality of life respectively. There was significant joint contribution of the independent variables to the prediction of quality of life among the respondents F (5,395) = 102.299, P<0.001). The independent variables (resilience, internal locus of control and perceived social supports) when combined accounted for 50.2% (Adj.R2= .502) of the variance in quality of life among out-of school youths in Anambra State. Resilience was the most potent predictor of quality of life among the variables considered in this study (β =.591, t =10.153, P<0.001). Counselling psychologists should institute resilience-focused therapy to build the practical skills of youths to become capable of handling their everyday challenges in order to have an improved quality of life.Item Social loafing among learner support staff for open and distance education programmes in south-western Nigeria: the imperative for counselling intervention(Taylor & Francis, 2022) Ofole, N. M.A descriptive survey design was adopted to investigate the relationship that exists amongst locus of control, work engagement, organizational reward system, job satisfaction and social loafing among the staff of distance learning programme in South-western Nigeria. Four hundred and forty-seven (males = 184; females = 263) learners support staff with an age range of 22 to 55 years were randomly drawn from open and distance learning universities located in South-western Nigeria. They responded to five standardised self report questionnaires. The results show that the majority (67.6%) of the respondents reported different forms of social loafing. There was a significant gender difference in the social loafing behaviour scores of male and female [t (445) = 0.773, p < 0.01]. Male respondents reported more social loafing behaviour (x? = 40.95) than their female counterparts (x = 25.48). There was a positive relationship between locus of control and social loafing though not significant. The relationship among job satisfaction, work engagements as well as reward system and social loafing were inverse. It concluded that personal and organisational factors predispose workers to social loafing. It is recommended that ODL management should also put in place better systems of reward practice and recognition. Counselling intervention is also required to reorient learner support staff who are loafers at OD institutions.Item An assessment of barriers to uptake of hiv counselling and testing among out-of-school youth in Ebonyi state, Nigeria(Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2020-06) Ofole, N. M.HIV counselling and testing (HCT) is the entry point to HIV care and supports. There are still major research gaps regarding why there is low uptake of HCT among out-of-school youths. This study examined the barriers to HCT among out-of-school youths in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Seventy out-of-school youths with age range of 15-24 years and mean years of 18.5 years purposely drawn from artisans in Ebonyi state participated in the study. Three sessions of FGD were held with the 2 age categories (15-18 & 19 - 24 years). In addition to note taking, all the sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed. Content analysis was done and the following themes emerged: (1) dominant barrier to HCT was fear associated with HCT results and stigma. Other barriers include: (2) low level of HIV knowledge, (3) low risk perception and (4) ignorance of HCT location in Ebonyi State. It concluded that there are individual and social factors which act as barriers to out-of-school youths to seek HIV testing in Ebonyi State. To increase youth utilization of HCT service, there is a need to address these barriers when developing a model for out-of-school youths.Item Comparative effectiveness of mental contrasting and self-regulation strategies on enhancing goal setting skills of secondary school students in urban Nigeria(Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD., 2019) Ofole, N. M.; Adegoke, I. V.Although there is plethora of studies on goal setting skills, there is paucity of experimental studies on this field. This study examined the comparative effectiveness of Mental Contrasting Therapy (MCT) and Self-Regulation Strategies (SRS) on enhancing goal setting skills of students in urban Nigeria. A group of 120 students (male=52, female=68) with age range of 14-17years and mean age of ≥ 13.5years were purposively drawn from secondary schools in urban Nigeria. Each of the intervention groups was exposed to 10 sessions of therapy designed to improve their goal setting skills. The control group served as comparison group. The result revealed a significant main effect of treatments on goal setting skills (F(2,105) =14.958, p<0.05) with the intervention groups demonstrating greater ability to utilize the acquired skills than the comparison group as evidenced on the mean score. The effect size reveals that treatment accounted for 22.2% (η2=0.222) change in the participants’ goal setting skills. Participants treated with SRS reported higher mean score at post-test (X=69.09) when compared with their counterpart in MCT group (X=66.93). Self-efficacy and gender have significant interactive effect with treatments F(4,105) = 6.375, p<0.05, η2=0.195 and F(2,105) =13.561, p<0.01, η2=0.205 respectively. The researchers concluded that though the two therapies were effective, SRS was more potent in enhancing goal setting skills of the participants.Item Can assertiveness skills training (AST) and Dialectical behaviour therapy treat social skills deficit of peer rejected in-school -adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria?(2019) Ofole, N. M.; Onyebigwa, U. A.Students with deficit social skills tend to have problems of interactions with peers and teachers which indirectly affect their academic performance. Literature on management of social skill deficit among peer rejected adolescents in Oyo state is limited. This study therefore, utilized Assertiveness Skills Training (AST) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to manage deficit social skills among students diagnosed as peer rejected in junior secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. Pre-test-post-test control group, quasi experiment design with 3x2x3 factorial matrix was adopted. Ninety students (Males= 40; Females=50) with age range of 10 to 15 years were purposively drawn from three public secondary schools in Ibadan. Social Peer Rejection Scale (α =0.81) was used to draw peer rejected students, while Social Skills Rating Scale (α = 0.86) and Self-consciousness Scale (α=0.70) were utilized as outcome measures. The students were randomly assigned to treatment conditions. The Experimental groups were exposed to 10 sessions of therapies while the control group served as the comparison group. Results showed that there was a significant main effect of treatments [F (2, 75) = 8.761, p< 0.05, η2= 0.189] on social skills of the participants. Those treated with AST had superior mean gain ( x = 68.64) over DBT ( x = 66.09) and Control Group ( x =55.40). There was interaction effect of treatments and gender [F (2, 75) = 11.123, p<0.01, η2= 0.229]. The interaction effect of treatments and levels of self-awareness was also significant [F(4,75)= 3.081, p<0.05, η2= 0.141] on social skills. There was no three way interaction effect of treatments. This outcome provides empirical supports for the use of AST and DBT to remediate social skill deficit. The researchers recommended the use of the therapies for the enhancement of social skills in school settings.Item Adherence self-efficacy, interpersonal forgiveness and perceived social supports as nexus of subjective well-being among people living with hiv /aids in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria(2019-01) Ofole, N. M.Correlational design was adopted to investigate the relationship among adherence self- efficacy, interpersonal forgiveness and perceived social support on subjective-well-being of PLWHA in Akwa-Ibom state. Purposive sampling technique was used to select one hundred persons living with HIV and AIDS from the state chapter of Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) made of fifty-six males and forty-four females with age ranging from 18-to 45 years and mean age of 31.5. They responded to four self-report measures. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC), t-test for independents samples and multiple regressions were utilised to analysis three questions. Results show that independent variables have linear relationship with the subjective well-being of respondents. Further, interpersonal forgiveness was most potent in predicting subjective well-being (fi = 0.464, t = 6.011, P < 0.05) followed by perceived social support (fi = 0.233, t =3.898, P < 0.05), while the least was adherence self- efficacy (P = 0.053, t = 0.707, P >0.05). It was concluded that subjective well-being is associated with personal and socio-psychological factors. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings were discussed.Item Sensation seeking behaviours among adolescents in South-Eastern Nigeria secondary schools: need for counselling interventions(2019) Ofole, N. M.This study adopted descriptive survey design to investigate if there is a significant difference in the sensation seeking behaviours of secondary students based on gender, age range and body image. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw 1668 (male=838; female=830) with age range of 10 to 20 years and mean age of 15≥ from schools in South Eastern Nigeria. Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (r=.89) and Dresden Body Image Questionnaire (r=.87) were utilised to collect data. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data was analyzed using Levenne’s test and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). The result shows that the male has higher sensation seeking behaviours (𝑥̅=77.244) than their female counterpart (x𝑥̅=76.119), however, this difference was not significant (t (1667) =.756 p > 0.5. p=.499). There was significant age difference in sensation seeking behaviours (F (4, 1664) = 7.574, P < 0.05). Respondents in age range of 10 to 12 years has highest mean score (x𝑥̅=74.244) while the least was those between ages 19 and above (x𝑥̅=65.331). There was significant difference (t (1667) = .517 p < 0.5) in sensation seeking behaviours of adolescents in south-eastern Nigeria based on perceived body image. The researcher concluded that the sensation seeking behaviours of students differs based on gender, age, and body image. Recommendations were made based on the outcome of the study.Item Domination by aggressive behaviours among students in Orumba North, Anambra State, Nigeria(2018) Ofodile, M. C.; Ofole, N. M.This study adopted descriptive survey design to investigate the influence of gender, parenting styles and peer pressure on the aggressive behavours of students in Orumba North local government area of Anambra State. Two hundred and ninety-one students consisting 189 males and 102 females with age range of 13 to 16 and mean age of 14.6 years were randomly drawn with ballot method from a population of students spread across three community secondary schools in ONLGAs. Three instruments namely; Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (r=0.72); Baumrid Parental Care Scale (r=0.70); Glasen and Brown Peer Pressure Inventory (r=0.78) were employed for collection of data. T-test for independent samples and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) were adopted as statistical tools to analyze four hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results show that level of aggressive behaviour differs significantly on the basis of gender (df=289, t=2.9908, P<.05). There is a significant negative relationship between parenting styles and aggressive behaviours (r=-0.074, p>0.05)., while positive association exist between peer pressure and aggressive behaviour (r=0.6296, p<0.05). The independent variables jointly contributed 52% of the variance in aggressive behaviours among students in ONLGA. The researchers concluded that both personal and social factors are related with aggressive behaviours of students. It recommended that counselling psychologists should mount interventions to teach parents positive parenting styles as well as empower the students with the skill of anger management.Item Remedial effect of cognitive reframing and self-acceptance therapy on enhancement of optimism among students diagnosed with learned helplessness in Ibadan metropolis(2017) Ofole, N. M.; Omole, O. M.Evidence suggests that learned helplessness impairs learning and contributes to poor academic performance. Regrettably, there is limited empirical literature on intervention to enhance optimism in this population. Therefore, this study examined the effectiveness of Cognitive Reframing (CR) and Self-Acceptance Therapy (SAT) on enhancing optimism among junior secondary school students in Ibadan, Oyo state. Pre-test-post-test control group, quasi experiment design with 3x2x2 factorial matrix was adopted. One hundred and fourteen diagnosed learned helplessness students (Male= 57; Female=57) with age range of 10 to 13 years were purposively drawn from three public secondary schools. The schools were randomly assigned to therapy conditions. Experimental groups were exposed to 10 sessions of therapies. Narvaez Positivity Scale (α =0.73) Quinless and Nelson Learned Helplessness Scale (α=0.77) were utilised for data collection. Results showed that there was a significant main effect of treatment [F (2,101) =13.61; p=0.000<.05, n2=0.21]. Participants treated with CR had superior mean gain (x=59.94) over SAT (X=51.54) and Control Group (X=46.65). There was interactive effect of treatment, gender and age on optimism of secondary school students (F (2,101) = 6.95, p=0.015< 0.05, ƞ2=0.53).This evidence suggests that optimism is amenable to treatment. The researchers recommended the use of the therapies for the remediation of learned helplessness in school settings.Item Self acceptance of students repeating classes in Ibadan metropolis: relationship with parents’ sense- of- competence, locus of control and quality of parents-child-relationship(2017) Ofole, N. M.Self acceptance has been documented to be one of the non-intellectual factors in the students’ personalities that reinforce and foster academic success or failure. Descriptive survey design was adopted to examine the relationship between parent sense-of- competence, locus of control, parent-child relationship and self-acceptance among secondary school students in Ibadan Metropolis. Simple random sampling technique was utilized to select nine public schools from Ibadan metropolis out of which 450 senior secondary school repeaters were purposively drawn. The students filled three self-report measures while their parents completed parents’ sense-of-competence scale. Results indicate that there was positive relationship between parents’ sense- of -competence (r=.220; p< 0.01); locus of control (r=.193; p<0.01); quality of parent-child relationship (r=.185; p<0.01) and students’ self-acceptance. The independent variables jointly contributed 8% variance to the prediction of the students’ self-acceptance. Parent sense of competence was most potent on predicting self acceptance (Beta=.175; t=3.769; P< 0.01). It concluded that the hypothesized variables have weak positive relationship with students’ self-acceptance. It recommends that Counselling Psychologist should organize parent education programme to improve parents parenting practices, competencies, and skill for effective parent-teen-communication