ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate the extent of relationship among Locus of Control, Parental Education and Career Choice of Students in F.C.E.T. Gusau, Zamfara State. The study used descriptive correlation design with a sample size of 239. Three set of questionnaires were used for data collection; these include adopted version of Rotter’s Locus of Control, Adapted version of Parental Educational Background Questionnaire and Adapted version of Students’ Career Choice Questio...
ABSTRACT The study was undertaken with the aim to investigate stress and coping strategies among first year students of the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The study was guided by three research questions and six hypotheses. A sample size of 300 first year students was selected for the study through cluster, proportionate and simple random sampling procedures. The researcher and five data collection assistants administered the adapt...
ABSTRACT Divorce, single parenting and issues associated with parental status on an adolescent’s wellbeing specifically, adolescents’ depression and self-esteem has been on an increase worldwide and Ghana is no exception. This study was aimed at examining the influence of parental status on depression and self esteem of adolescents in Ghana after noticing that adolescents going through formal education face many challenging situations as a result of diverse marital issues of thei...
ABSTRACT The maj or purpose of the study was to delineate the priority guidance needs of Senior Secondary School students in the Bulsa and Kassena-Nankana Districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised Form 2 and Form 3 students, teachers and guidance co-ordinators in the eight Senior Secondary Schools in the Bulsa and Kassena-Nankana Districts. Three hundred (300) students were used in the study. The number o...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of child-rearing practices, peer pressure, and gender on sexual adventurism among adolescents in Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study covered adolescences in Junior High Schools in Ghana between the ages of 12 and 19 years. A total of 525 adolescents were selected to participate in the study using the multistage sampling approach. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. Data gathered were ana...
ABSTRACT The paper examined satisfaction with life among 1429 undergraduates from Southwestern Nigeria. Ex post focto survey design was adopted and convenient sampling method was used. Four hundred and seventy five (475, i.e. 33.2%) males and 953 (66.8%) females, ages ranging between 16 to 27 years (M=28.47, SD = 8.76). Validated scale was used for data collection and the two hypotheses stated were confirmed after testing with appropriate statistics. A total of 837 undergraduates (58.57%) had...
ABSTRACT The main motivation for this research was the researcher’s desire to know the career decision-making difficulties of Senior High School (S.H.S) students in Koforidua Municipality. The descriptive survey method was employed for conducting the study. The multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a sample of 364 senior high school students from Koforidua Municipality. Data were collected mainly by the use of an adapted questionnaire. Means, standard deviation, frequency coun...
ABSTRACT Stress can be destructive if not well managed. In addition to its effect on the health of the individual, it also has a direct bearing on the individual’s performance at work and productivity. The study was therefore aimed at finding the sources of stress and management strategies among ministers of the gospel in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. A descriptive research design was used for this study. The population for this study was 500 pastors serving in the Orthodox, Pentecost...
ABSTRACT This is a study into the impact of domestic violence as experienced by women in the Grater Accra region. The main purpose of this study was to assess the emotional, health and economic impact of domestic violence on women. This study used the feminist and victim logical theories to explain gender inequity and patriarchy which enable gender violations to thrive. Descriptive survey design was used to guide the study. Data were gathered using questionnaire. Purposive sampling procedur...
ABSTRACT Civic education builds students attitudes, morals and values necessary for good citizenship and effective life in the society. The academic performance of Senior Secondary School (SSS) students in Civic Education (CE) has been on the decline in recent past which has resulted in moral decadence and alarming incidence of social vices such as rape, cultism, unwanted pregnancies and addiction to social media. Previous studies have centred on the utilisation of conventional methods to fos...
The present study was designed to investigate the relative effectiveness of model-reinforcement and systematic desensitization group counselling techniques in fostering academic performance. The review of the literature is presented in the following sequence: (L) Dimension of the problem of poor academic performance (ii) Early and significant studies and writings on poor academic performance. (ili) Studies on group counselling in relation to academic performance. (iv) Some efforts qnd recomm...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to examine the causes, effects, and prevention of teenage pregnancy among students in Senior High Schools in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. Four research questions guided the study. The study employed cross-sectional descriptive survey design. The target population of the study consisted of all third year Senior High School (SHS) students (1,370) in Agona West Municipality during the 2013/2014 academic year. A sample...
ABSTRACT An experiment was designed to find out which of relaxation and systematic desensitization was more effective in the management of speech anxiety in Student teachers. A third measure of remediation - cognitive restructuring - was introduced as a control in this study to monitor the effect of cognition on speech anxiety. Its effectiveness was also compared with the other two management measures. A J4 x 2 factorial design was used in this study, The samples were taken from a group of 10...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the relevance of biblical counselling in contemporary society of Pentecostal churches in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ashanti Region. The study sought to provide an insight into the effectiveness of biblical counselling. The methodology used to select participants for the study consisted of stratified random sampling, proportional ratio, simple random sampling and selection of the table of random numbers methods. The Population of the study consisted of thirty-four P...
BSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out whether or not HIV and AIDS counsellors in Kumasi Metropolis in Ashanti Region are: aware of national HIV and AIDS policy and policy guidelines, have requisite minimum training in HIV and AIDS counselling and care, have the necessary human resources for VCT, and have the minimum level of conceptual knowledge about VCT. It was meant to ascertain whether VCT as practiced, conforms with the minimum guidelines set by the UNAIDS as well as finding o...